Mr. Speaker we have always recognized the extreme delicacy and difficulty of the situation involving the Singer workers. And if we are today before the courts, it is not my doing. What I said was that our department would work as hard as it could to clarify the situation under our responsibility as quickly as possible. So we are not holding things up, as the hon. member knows very well.
The Singer pensioners are receiving and have received exactly the amounts due under the Annuities Act, including all accumulated interest and the benefits of a 7% rate increase.