Mr. Speaker, just to complete the municipal aspect, for a number of years we had to battle to maintain or improve services in rural communities, in Quebec and elsewhere.
When I was a mayor and a regional councillor, there was one municipality, Saint-Camille by name, which became a cause in its efforts to keep its post office open. We fought for that. Yet today there is talk of negotiation, of special legislation.
What is being said is that we are the only party here today, and I would like everyone to remember this, the only one to table amendments to improve the process for negotiating and ratifying the collective agreement. No one else, no party in this House, rose to support us in this.