Madam Speaker, my colleague, the member for Elmwood—Transcona earlier referred to Liberal tautologies, such as “a deal is a deal” and “the law is the law”. I thought maybe he should have added “a proof is a proof is a proof”, because we clearly have proof here that there were clear rules in place and that those rules were not followed, and now the government is trying to change the law to allow for not following the law and not respecting taxpayers in this context.
We talked about the interests of corporations and the interests of workers, but there is a more fundamental issue here, and that is basic fairness.
What message does this decision by the government send about fairness in the marketplace, about actually honouring the law and honouring our commitments?