Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to rise to speak to Bill S-16. This is my first time up in the House since we resumed. Like my colleagues I am extraordinarily disappointed with the line-up that we are seeing in the House this early in the session.
I start by pointing out that my friend is absolutely right when he suggests that we have a huge unemployment problem in Canada today, and here we are dealing with a bill that is, shall we say, a bit insignificant.
We have a problem today with our dollar. In case members opposite have not noticed, it hit 10 new historic lows in the month of August alone.