Mr. Speaker, the hon. gentleman in effect is asking for the legislative process with respect to Bill C-11 to be put off until sometime in the fall. Quite frankly that is not in the public interest and particularly is not in the interest of Devco in Cape Breton. That would mean that the ability to find private sector owners to secure the business and to secure the jobs for the long term would go off into never never land, leaving a huge cloud of uncertainty over at least 500 jobs in Cape Breton.
In the House of Commons on May 15th, 2000. See this statement in context.