Thank you, Mr. Nerysoo. Item 3, Members' statements.

With the indulgence of the House, I have a short statement that I would like to give.

A senseless tragedy of great proportions has devastated our community. As the enormity of the tragedy slowly sinks in, it affects all of us, deeply and profoundly. I find myself thinking that surely nothing is worth this result. No philosophical, no political, or no economic theory, or disagreement, is worth this result.

No one could have foreseen a disaster of this magnitude, everyone is feeling the shock and the pain. I know for a fact, that the shock and pain is being felt equally by union executives, and union members, as it is by the people who work for the company as well as for all of us. Nobody is spared the shock and the pain of this disaster.

I think the time now is wrong to attribute blame. The time now is to support the families and the friends of the miners that we have lost. This is the time for the community to pull itself together, time for us to put aside our differences. There are still many questions to be answered. There are still many questions that we must ask ourselves to ensure that this tragedy can never repeat itself.

This will and must happen. But first, we must mourn, and we must comfort the families and friends of our lost friends. We must comfort each other. We must remember that whatever our differences, we are all human beings confronting a reality too awful to contemplate, and especially now, we need each other very badly. Thank you.

Mr. Dent.

Motion To Adjourn, Carried