Mr. Speaker, I am very surprised to hear the hon. member for Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher make excuses for the events of last week. In my opinion, investigation of workers' backgrounds is essential. We only need look at the court appearance last week of the port of Montreal worker who pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to import drugs valued at $2.1 billion. I think these background checks are essential.
In the House of Commons on October 13th, 2004. See this statement in context.