Mr. Speaker, I will let the people decide whose attitude is more proper with respect to this bill, which led the Liberal government to accept an amendment by the NDP, supported by the Bloc Quebecois, an amendment that the Liberals accepted to ensure that negotiations would be carried out in accordance with the law governing the Canada Post Corporation.
I am not at all ashamed to go before the citizens of Quebec, to ask them to decide who had the more proper attitude with respect to this bill.
Is it the Liberal majority that spent four months, with the help of the minister of public works who is also responsible for Canada Post, behind these phoney negotiations to arrive at this special legislation?
What we, in the opposition, tried to do is to ensure two things, the first being that the rights that are part of the tradition of Quebec and Canada in the area of labour relations be respected, and the second being that the public can receive postal services as quickly as possible. We should not forget that there could have been three, four or five days of debate in this House, but there was appropriate co-operation. I am not ashamed to explain this to the people in my riding.
My question is for the member for Bourassa. Should he not be congratulating the Bloc, the NDP and all opposition parties for the co-operation and the professionalism they have shown?