Mr. Speaker, the hon. member says that our motion does not include any recommendations to correct the situation. If he had listened to my presentation he would know that we brought forth the recommendations that we are asking the minister to look at. These recommendations come from the shipbuilding industry, not from us. The people building the ships are the ones who know what has to be done.
Does the hon. member have a problem with the exclusion of new construction ships built in Canadian shipyards from the present Revenue Canada leasing regulations, when one looks at the fact that Revenue Canada excluded Canadian-built ships from the leasing rules but allowed those rules to apply to office furniture, computers, rail cars, autos, vans, trucks, everything but ships? The workers are telling us that if they could have this it would give them an opportunity to compete around the world and would put 24,000 people back to work.