Mr. Speaker, my colleague must think, as I do, that workers do not enjoy a strike. Striking is a last resort. The same is true of employers, although some enjoy strikes: a lockout ought to be a measure of last resort.
Special legislation forcing people back to work ought also to be a last resort. This government can be seen, and it has even said as much, in connection with Canada Post, Air Canada, and now Canadian Pacific, to have been using it as a first resort, which is unacceptable and appalling.
The minister did not answer my colleague’s question earlier when he asked her whether she simply wanted to abolish the right to strike. I think that this government is not only taking away people’s right to strike, the right of workers to strike, but even denying them ordinary pressure tactics. It amounts to killing a fly with a bazooka. That is what this government is doing. In terms of labour relations, this attitude is sending out a horrible message.
I would like to hear my colleague’s comments about this.