Mr. Speaker, on this national day of mourning for people who have been killed or hurt at work, the Bloc Quebecois would like to point to the amount of progress that has been made in recent decades in work accident prevention and victim compensation.
However, accidents of varying degrees of seriousness continue to occur often. These accidents are always dramatic.
The measures and actions taken to prevent such accidents must be strengthened. In this regard, the wind of deregulation blowing across the world, including Canada, should give us cause for concern.
As regards financial compensation to accident victims, we regret that the federal government has yet to adopt a fairer universal system, like the one adopted by Quebec a long time ago. An effective prevention policy and a fair compensation system are the solution for the future.
To the families that have lost one of their members and to workers who have been in an accident and their families, we offer our sympathies.