Laurin Liu NDP Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, QC

Mr. Speaker, the government does not seem to understand the urgency of the situation.

Without the good work of Quebec government officials, Aveos workers would still not have received their employment insurance cheques because they have not yet received their official termination notices even though they were summarily shown the door.

The Conservatives are hiding behind their legal opinion to avoid enforcing the law. They are washing their hands of the whole thing. On March 2, 2011, Chuck Strahl rose in the House and promised that the Montreal, Mississauga and Winnipeg centres would stay open.

Is that all that a Conservative promise is worth?