Mr. Speaker, we support the concept of equal pay for equal work but not the assignment of arbitrary values by politicians and bureaucrats.
The reality of all of this is that instead of millions of Canadian workers getting a pay increase this year because of a tax cut, these workers can now kiss that pay increase goodbye because of a $5 billion bungle by the government.
Why should millions of workers forgo a pay increase to pay for a $5 billion bungle by the government?