Mr. Speaker, there is no question that I would go on the record and say it is a good first step. In some ways we need to learn how to walk before we can run. We are headed in the right direction. My disappointment is it does not have any sister or companion legislation to deal with unfunded pensions.
My major concern, and it will require some vast consultation in committee, is to deal with the partial super priority status. We have reports throughout saying that super priority status is a bad way to go. To say that we will go with a half a super priority status is still a bad way to go.
The fundamental principles are wrong. It needs to be changed. I will be very vigorously defending and promoting a change to that aspect. It is something that will do an injustice to workers and business. More important, it will do harm to our economy, and it does not need to that. We are able to fund it without imposing it on every businessman across the country, and there are many of them. We are talking about millions of dollars. We cannot hastily say that we will approve the bill because it has some good segments. It has some bad stuff that needs to come out and we will speaking vigorously to that.