Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to also put some focus on the Giant Mine pension situation. Mr. Speaker, our constituents and former Giant employees are frustrated, in fact fed up, with a lack of activity on the part of our federal government. They have undertaken letter writing campaigns, met countless times with Ethel Blondin-Andrew, but there are still no results.

Mr. Speaker, in this situation, there really are two issues. We all realize we need to get federal labour legislation changed. It does not make any sense to have pensioners at the back of the list behind unsecured creditors, and I would argue that we need to devolve this legislation to this level of government so we can take care of our constituents. There is another issue, as Ms. Lee has mentioned, and that is the topping up of the pension fund.

DIAND was instrumental in putting together the deal that saw Miramar take over the Giant assets, and they are now responsible. Mr. Speaker, these men have given too much to this community, and indeed this country, to now turn around and put the screws to them. The federal government must own up to its responsibility and top up these pensions. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.