Madam Speaker, I will resist the temptation to respond to each and every of the many, shall I be generous, questionable points raised by my hon. friends across the way, except maybe to point out a particularly important point that much was made of, the reference to the very tragic incident at Westray. I want to underline it was the unions that insisted the new owner be subject to the Canada Labour Code and I want to emphasize that the government responded accordingly.
Just very briefly on Motions Nos. 13 and 14, we do not want to tie the hands of the new owner in terms of managing the operation profitably for the benefit of Cape Breton and the whole country. As well, I again underline that the Canada Labour Code will apply.
On Motion No. 15, the Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation was created for the very purpose of economic development in Cape Breton and that function by Devco was transferred to ECBC many years ago.
With that, I would conclude by saying that the government will not be supporting any of these amendments and I thank those who participated.