Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to complete a few thoughts I had regarding this bill.
Time is a wonderful thing for having Canadians look back on a bill with some reflection. Although we are discussing this bill at the present time, let us look down the road about a month's time.
Just like people now looking at the CPP, they now have some questions to ask about the government's investment board. Just like people who have recently passed Bill C-4, the Senate decided it had better have a better look.
We should have a permanent and fair resolution process in order, something that is far removed from the desires of the government, something that is far removed from the whims of the government at any time.
That is exactly what Reform's position is, something that will get government out and allow the employees and the employers to have a peaceful settlement over the course of action.
I want to draw one conclusion as it relates to some of the ambiguous terms of this. It says that this board that comes together can have a work stoppage if public health and safety are at risk.
In Saskatchewan we can have blizzards at any time. Many times we have blizzards without even the weather forecast coming in. The highway workers are on strike because public health or safety are not considered to be involved.
However, as my hon. colleague from Cypress Hills—Grasslands mentioned, what about ambulance services being involved? The highway workers are on strike and the roads are blocked. What if somebody dies on the way to emergency care?
This type of legislation does not solve anything now or in the future. We do not need government interference. What we need is for both parties to understand that they can rely on fair and equitable treatment to be in place and that the government's hands will be completely off. There will be a final selection arbitration which will be an effective tool and will permanently resolve all the disputes we have had in labour issues under the previous administrations.
I beg the House to take a good look at the bill. It does nothing to solve labour disputes in Canada.