Mr. Speaker, the Deputy Prime Minister avoids the question. These are temporary ad hoc solutions that solve nothing in the long run.
Every time one of Canada's ports shuts down because of these reasons both foreign and domestic shippers go to American ports to move their products.
Each time that happens there is no guarantee that the Canadian ports will get their business back. It is not only the daily cost of these lockouts and strikes. It is the long term cost to Canadians and Canadian business.
Again, why will the government not introduce some permanent solution to this problem by providing for binding arbitration in the case of these disputes?