Mr. Speaker, the Nortel CEO met with the finance minister, the industry minister and the Prime Minister, in a bid to maintain the company as a going concern. He was turned down flat and the company is now in bankruptcy protection, waiting to be dismantled. Thousands of trained, skilled workers have lost their jobs, their severance and they are going to lose big on their pensions.
Why not accept the will of this House, which adopted the NDP motion that would have protected pensions and at the same time could have helped save Nortel?
Why are the Conservatives intent on making Nortel the Avro Arrow of the 21st century?