Mr. Speaker, as I was saying yesterday, special legislation is not the solution to the Port of Montreal problem, it is proof of incompetence. The Prime Minister could have spent five minutes on the phone and prevented the strike. The union made it clear that if the employer drops the shift changes imposed then there would be no strike.
The Prime Minister could have picked up his phone and told the employer to drop the shifts imposed or he would force them to do so through legislation, which he is not even doing. Can the Prime Minister pick up his phone to prevent serious economic losses to the Port of Montreal and avoid harmful special legislation?