Mr. Speaker, I will of course not comment on the question relating to the Senate.
With respect to the question relating to pay equity, I am glad to have the occasion to reaffirm once more that this longstanding dispute with employees is one which we would like to settle through negotiations.
We offered $842 million in April. We have increased that number to $1.3 billion. That is equivalent to between $15,000 and $20,000 per employee.
The government has done the correct thing. It is offering pay equity. Now it is a question of the union being—