Mr. Speaker, earlier today I made reference to a former Minister of Finance, my colleague the hon. member for Wascana, and the efforts he has put in over the last number of years in calling upon the government to bring forward this legislation.
The need for the legislation has been there for a number of years. Initially, it started as a request in 2007. Liberals are glad we finally have the legislation here. We recognize there is a need for changes to the legislation. There is no doubt there will be a number of recommendations for changes once it hits the committee stage.
One of the questions an NDP colleague had posed to me was in regard to having freight rate charges within the legislation. I indicated that I would have a lot of reservations with regard to that. However, would the hon. member comment as to what the NDP might be thinking in terms of putting freight rates into the legislation?