Mr. Speaker, I have listened intently to my friend's speech. I want to ask him a question on the issue of right to work legislation.
A few years ago a group did a very interesting analysis. It looked at states in the U.S. and compared those states that had right to work legislation and those that did not. What it found was that in those states where right to work legislation did occur a couple of interesting things happened. One was that the income in those states that had right to work legislation was significantly higher, in the order of $3,000 plus per year per worker.
The other interesting thing it found was that the rate of employment was also higher when one compared those states that had right to work legislation to those that did not.
In the interest of workers, in the interest of employment and in the interest of getting the maximum amount of money for workers in Canada, would the member support right to work legislation in Canada?