Mr. Speaker, can you make any reason out of that answer? I do not think anyone in this House can, not even his own backbenchers.
Unfortunately the minister promised that this package was going to be fair and honourable. It is not fair and it is not honourable.
The only recourse these people will have will be the courts. I am asking the minister is he prepared to allow this to go before the courts. Does he honestly believe that their case is strong enough to sustain a court challenge? At the end of the day they are going to wind up paying more money—