Mr. Chairman, I am very pleased to see that the government has finally decided to listen to the argument on clause 9. I said at the outset that this was a very important clause.
This amendment will mean that the rules of the game will stay the same at Canada Post during the next round of bargaining, the special round of bargaining resulting from this special legislation. This will perhaps go a small way towards repairing what was not done properly in this round.
We must congratulate ourselves on reaching this degree of unanimity. I hope that we can pass this amendment immediately here in committee, with the support of the Reform Party and the Conservatives. We must be able to show very clearly that there is unanimity in the House that it is not true that the work regime and the purpose of Canada Post will be changed through special legislation. The purpose of the special legislation is to resolve a labour relations problem, not the problems of Canada Post.
The present rules of the game must be respected. I call on Reformers and Conservatives to approve this kind of amendment and to approach it in the same spirit as the government.