Mr. Speaker, in the House, and in other public settings, there has been a member of Parliament, and I will let the leader guess which one, but that member has been here for about 20 years and has a big pension, who has said the following couple of quotes. Perhaps the member could comment on them. This member has said, “The union has the power to shut down a workplace...legal powers give the union a state-enforced monopoly on labour”.
This member spoke of “fattened union contracts.” This member allowed right-to-work legislation, that is optional union membership, in his party's platform. That member cannot comprehend that union firms can be competitive with non-union ones.
I wonder if that member of Parliament could explain those comments, which he made about working people in this country.