Lawrence MacAulay

[Canada Post, November 21st, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, it is hard to imagine this party criticizing the Minister of Labour for protecting the collective bargaining system in an attempt to gain short-term political gain. Shame on the opposition.

[Canada Post, November 21st, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, I am amazed that the opposition, a party that wants less government, wants government to move in right away and interfere with the collective bargaining process.

Let the system work. Let both parties do what they are doing, sit down and come up with an agreement.

[Canada Post, November 21st, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, I am amazed that a party that indicates it wants less government now wants government to get involved and interfere in the collective bargaining process.

I ask the opposition party to let the collective bargaining system work for Canadians and have no government interference.

[Canada Post, November 20th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, again what we must do in this country is let the collective bargaining system work. The collective bargaining system has served workers and management well.

Let the people of CUPW and the post office sit down and come up with a collective agreement that will be better for all Canadians.

[Canada Post, November 20th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, what the government calls fair is the collective bargaining system.

Let the collective bargaining system work. Let the people in CUPW and the post office sit down and come up with an agreement that will be better for the people of Canada.

[Canada Post, November 20th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, as Minister of Labour I am trying not to come up with statements that will harm the discussions between CUPW and the post office.

I want to see a collective agreement. Let the parties sit down and come up with an agreement that will be better for all Canadians: a Canadian solution to a Canadian problem.

[Canada Post, November 20th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, of course the government is concerned but we must let the process work.

As far as social assistance cheques are concerned they will be delivered by CUPW.

[Canada Post, November 20th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, this process is under part 1 of the Canada Labour Code. It has been updated periodically. In fact legislation was just tabled. What it does is that it updates the process.

The process has served us well for years. A process that has over a 94% success rate is not a process that needs to be torn apart and then fixed. The collective bargaining process has worked well. Please let it work.

[Canada Post, November 20th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, it is most unfortunate that we have to continually talk about something that does nothing but hurt the process.

The member is criticizing a system that has been over 90% successful in the last year. The collective bargaining system has served us well over the last many years.

Let it work. Let Canada Post and CUPW come up with a collective agreement that will serve Canadians well.

[Canada Post, November 20th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, the only unfortunate thing is that these statements are doing nothing but hurting the process.

My hon. colleague talks about businesses under the federal jurisdiction. I have indicated before that in the last year of the businesses under the federal jurisdiction, 94.5% have settled without a dispute. It is a good system. The collective bargaining system has served us well in this country for years. Let it work.