Mr. Speaker, I would like ask a question.
The hon. member said that the bill was unnecessary. Basically that means leaving the workers on strike in order to settle. I point out to him that in one of the strikes in which they were ultimately legislated back went on for six weeks.
There has been $3 billion worth of damage to the business economy in less than two weeks. Is he suggesting that we should allow the strike to go on for six weeks or even longer? The six week one was settled with back to work legislation.
I have another question. I am having a little trouble understanding the position of the NDP in this regard. It says it is totally opposed to the legislation. Yet it allowed the bill to be fast tracked without opposition. It also agreed to what amounts to time allocation on the bill. It did not oppose that either.
Perhaps the hon. member could explain briefly why he says on the one hand that members of the NDP will fight the legislation and on the other hand they agree to expeditiously handling it in the House?