Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Madam Speaker, when we look at the websites of the Conservatives, in which they talk about closing the door and about having reduced by 24% the number of refugees accepted over five years, it is very clear that this is their intent. As my colleague knows, this is part of the overall drive that the government has taken.

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech. There are things we wonder about on this side of the House. We now have a situation where someone who is very wealthy can apply under a process that the Conservatives brought in that is supposedly for the entrepreneur class.

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, I will begin my discussion on Bill C-4 by clearly contradicting what has been a repeated false claim from the other side of the House for the folks who are listening in on this debate. I know many Canadians are very concerned about the bill and about the repudiation of basic Canadian values, of our treaty obligations and a whole variety of things that a number of my colleagues have been raising in the House all day.

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, I greatly appreciated my colleague's comments. Earlier, we saw how the Conservatives understand this bill. A Conservative member said that it will discourage people who are in situations of human rights violations and situations of war. This bill will discourage these people who are trying to save their lives and the lives of their children and family.

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to our colleague's speech. On this side of the House, we can see that the Conservatives keep playing the division game. With this bill, we see that the minister has all of the authority, all of the control to determine who is telling the truth and who is not.

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I did not hear a question, so what I will do is talk about my constituents. I am a long-time member of the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce, and a proud member of the Burnaby Board of Trade. The small business owners in my riding understand that when we have a good middle class, when we have real collective bargaining and we build the middle class, there is a stronger economy in the community.

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, there are so many e-mails, it is difficult to read them all into the record. I will just finish up. This is from Atlantic Canada, from the riding of the fisheries minister. It says, “I want to thank you all for such truth and solidarity towards workers. It has allowed me to have a new faith in Canadian politics.

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I think the 94% support from mail sorters and letter carriers speaks for itself. As somebody who has never been a member of a union but has always been on the management side, I have been profoundly disturbed by some of the comments we have been hearing from Conservatives, starting with the Minister of Labour, who made a distinction between Canadians and mail sorters and letter carriers, as if they are not Canadians, as if they have no rights, as if somehow they are separate from the rest of Canada.That is the kind of division the Conservative government promotes.

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, our job in this House is not to make sure that the Conservative members of Parliament feel comfortable. Our role in this House is to defend the letter carriers and mail sorters, who are ordinary, middle-class Canadians. Sometimes that is going to make some members uncomfortable.

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I hope my voice holds out as well. I take a different perspective than the member from Hamilton Centre, who is a very effective orator and who has experience on the union side. My experience in collective negotiations has been on the management side. What I think is an issue here is the remarkable diversity of the new NDP caucus.

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, when the hon. member began his remarks, I noticed that it was 5:15 a.m. It is now 5:29 a.m. So it seems to me that his question period has been cut a little short. The hon. member actually has a minute left to answer questions. I would just like to ask you that you always keep your eye on the clock so that we can make our points and, of course, answer questions.

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I really enjoyed listening to the remarks made by my colleague from Saint-Jean, who has already made an impact in this House as an eloquent speaker. As he mentioned, there are emails from all quarters. I have received several dozen emails myself, just as every member has.

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Madam Speaker, on Thursday, in question period, the industry minister read the same prepared response five times consecutively in the House. I am certain the Conservatives cannot give us any lessons on--

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Madam Speaker, the member for Wellington—Halton Hills made an intervention that was a pathetic attempt at political spin. He is generally a little more fact-based in his approach. The government is clearly taking the corporation's side. Rather than dealing with the lock-out, which was caused by the government's actions in allowing management to do this, we have legislation before us that does not address the issue.

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, for some time now, the Conservatives have been acting very poorly in the House. I urge you as Speaker to control the Conservative members who are lacking respect in this Parliament.