Mr. Chairman, I listened very carefully to the Bloc Quebecois member. He talked about backstabbing. We have seen people in this House, such as Lucien Bouchard, stab others in the back. These people are now elsewhere.
I look at the member opposite who just arrived from Florida, who was not here during the strike, and who is now telling us that we do not do anything in Parliament. MP Louis Plamondon, who went to Florida and came back with a nice tan, accuses us of stabbing strikers in the back, but I want to tell him that we talked to workers on the picket lines. People want—and I checked this afternoon with my constituents in the riding of Abitibi—postal services to resume. Community groups want postal services to resume. So do small and medium size businesses.
But we are telling union workers in the Abitibi—Témiscamingue region that they do a good job, that they have always done a good job. I realize they follow the instructions given by their national office in Ottawa or Toronto. We can see in a 541-page tome that, since 1981, the union stewards have always been the same. They are here on this page. There is no one from the Abitibi—Témiscamingue region in this chapter. There is no one, on page 29 of the collective agreement, representing the province of Quebec. Since 1981, it has always been the same people who have represented the union. Think about it. Think about the fact that our people, the union workers, are protected at Canada Post by a collective agreement that is 541 pages long.
The member talks about backstabbing. I realize that he is not even a hunter. But here is one who has already stabbed the Conservative Party in the back. I want to tell you that we want to have good relations with our workers, who have always served us well. I support the bill. I spoke this afternoon and my opinion will not change.