Through you, Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is trampling on collective bargaining rights.
The Liberal government refused to award a billion-dollar contract to Canada's Bombardier to build new VIA Rail trains. Instead they awarded the contract to a German California-based company, Siemens. Why? It is because the Liberals know that using Canadian companies for procurement can get us sued by the EU under the investor-state provisions in CETA. When the Liberals called CETA a gold standard in trade, Canadians had no idea that meant giving away their jobs to foreign companies.
Why do the Liberals and Conservatives keep signing us on to trade deals that hand good-paying Canadian jobs to other countries?