Mr. Speaker, a long time ago, in another life, I learned that one should not get involved in labour negotiations. I believe that unionized labour has what is known as a collective agreement. In those collective agreements they have certain clauses, some of those clauses being separation and severance pay.
If the union has done its job properly, I suspect those separation and severance agreements have been well clarified and the workers of the Oakville plant have been taken care of. I have no doubt that their union looked after them. Therefore they should have those severance clauses in that agreement. I can assure everyone that I am not about to renegotiate a collective agreement.