Madam Speaker, the question is so important because what it touches upon is the fact that we have not had the opportunity to hear from the very workers who have such an important place in the Canadian economy. It has been incredibly frustrating. The president of the Canadian Labour Congress said, “To not pass this legislation is to basically tell workers to take a back seat, and that is not good enough”. I could not agree with her more.
Instead, Conservatives have been talking about themselves. What we should be doing at committee, what I and other committee members other than the Conservatives want to be doing at committee, is to be focusing on Canadians and on Canadian workers. That is what we need to do.