Mr. Speaker, I too would like to add my condolences to the family and friends of our fallen soldier. They do what they do over there so we can do what we do here.
There is a clear track record on this side of the House that the government stands with working families. However, we hear a lot of speeches and rhetoric on the other side. As it is the opposition party, we all understand that.
I will highlight a couple of examples of when the party opposite had the opportunity to be in government.
In Ontario, it put a major assault on workers' rights with the social contract, which made people who were making as little as $7.50 an hour take 12 unpaid days off a year.
In 1999, the Roy Romanow Saskatchewan government ordered nurses back to work after just 24 hours--