Mr. Speaker, last Thursday was the first anniversary of the tragic building collapse at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, in which more than 1,100 people died, most of whom were women. In Canada, over 1,000 people fall victim to workplace accidents every year. Unfortunately, this number has been going up in the past 15 years.
In the decade since the House unanimously passed an NDP bill to make companies criminally responsible when a worker was killed or injured on the job, not a single charge has ever been laid. This is why the United Steelworkers and other labour groups have launched a campaign calling on all levels of government to understand that rigorous enforcement of the Criminal Code is necessary and that a workplace accident site where a death has taken place should be treated as a potential crime scene.
Today, as we mourn the loved ones we have lost, let us recommit to keeping our workers safe so that no more Canadians leave for work and never come home.