Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the hon. member for his excellent work and shame on the Speaker for invading the House in that way.
Last week, we forged an alliance with New York longshoremen workers, industry leaders and state legislators, led by Democratic Senator Diane Savino. We now have a consensus among labour and business against these job-killing rules. New York Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis said that this policy would result in the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs and would have a disastrous effect on the Great Lakes region, surrounding states and Canada as well.
There are 55,000 Canadian jobs at stake, and we will fight for every single one of them.