Mr. Speaker, the member for the NDP previously raised the issue of union members and whether they were consulted. The parliamentary secretary said that they were consulted. It appears they may have been consulted, but the government did not listen to the advice.
Let me read a quote from Paul Devries, from the British Columbia Coast Pilots Ltd, who wrote that “Stakeholders on the west coast unanimously agreed the proposed [changes] are counterproductive”. Could the parliamentary secretary tell us whether or not the stakeholders agreed, especially the ones he referenced earlier?