Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is nice to have that clarity from you.
In response to the member's question, in November I asked for a call from the Prime Minister. The call became famous because the Prime Minister released a summary of the call with the opposition leader an hour before the call took place. That famous call is when I proposed a number of measures for the incoming Biden administration, particularly with respect to North American energy security and independence, which both relate to critical pipeline networks and the electricity grid.
The Prime Minister did very little with that, but that was my recommendation at the time. I also made our case to the governor of Michigan through a contact I had in the governor's office. As opposition leader, as much as I would like to lead in the absence of leadership, I cannot action our diplomats. However, I can say we are there to fight, and part of the reason we brought forward this emergency debate tonight is the months of inaction by the government.
Hopefully they will see this debate, whether live or virtually, as we said earlier, and act. It is time to stand up for those workers.