I listened to the member, and I know he talked specifically about long-term care, the health care system, some of the front-line workers. I have spoken with many paramedics recently who told me about the mental health crisis they’ve been going through over the past couple of years especially and how it has increased. Some of them can’t even go back to work because of the struggle they’re facing. Then obviously what we’re seeing with our health care crisis and the need for staffing, which really is the biggest problem with our health care—it’s not the need for privatization, let’s be honest.

My question to the member is, why is the government fighting health care workers in court, wasting tax dollars, taxpayers’ money on court cases, battling health care workers once again when we are facing a health care crisis?

I really wish that my colleague, who I had the chance to raise the flag of Bangladesh with, actually listened to the first part of my speech, because I spent a significant portion going through each and every single schedule, highlighting it for anyone watching—and anyone in this House as well—because I felt it was necessary because many people may not have had a chance to understand what this legislation highlights. One of the things that I thanked the government for was making sure that we have health—physical health but especially mental health—supports accessible, especially to those who protect us, those who work hard and make sure that we are protected as well, and for them to be able to have that mental health support faster.

One of the pieces that I do have a question about—and maybe you can talk to the Minister of Labour about it and we can take it to committee and amend it—is how we are making sure that people who are part-time, who don’t have that seniority, are also included in there as well so that they have the ability to know exactly if there is a mass termination and what’s going on.

You’re absolutely right: We need to have the protections, we need to have penalties for any employer that’s harming any employee, but we also have to make sure that we protect those workers to be able to do their jobs without facing hurdles in coming forward and actually reporting something like this, which does not exist—

I have a very simple question for the member: Why does your government’s fiscal update not include any new money in the health care budget?