Mr. Speaker, International Workers Day is a time to salute those men and women who have made a special contribution to the Quebec society we hold so dear.
Our thoughts are also with the unemployed, who have been deprived, as a result, of such a fundamental right as the right to work.
Men and women from Radio Nord Communications in Abitibi and from Cargill in Baie-Comeau have come to the Hill today to tell us that they have been deprived of this right to work due to a lax Canada Labour Code.
The federal government must stop encouraging the use of scabs and right this wrong oppressing tens of thousands of honest workers.
The best way for the government to pay tribute to these men and women will be to vote in favour of the anti-scab bill.