Mr. Speaker, this member is insulting the intelligence of those listening to us at present and his arguments are nothing but rhetoric. The safety of workers is the important thing in this dispute between CN and the United Transportation Union. That is what is at stake in the negotiations. When serious safety problems arise, it will be too late to cry over the member's rhetoric.
What is presently at stake with this back-to-work legislation is the breakdown of the balance of power between the union and the employer. That is what is at stake and it must be re-established.