Hon. Céline Hervieux-Payette:

Honourable senators, giving the private sector the responsibility for finding a solution to a problem that could have been subject to an agreement in September is risky.

We should remember that Nortel received hundreds of millions of dollars for research and development. The government invested heavily in this company to ensure its growth which, in the end, did not materialize, not because of the employees we are talking about, but because of the employees in general.

It was the management of this company that failed. It is this management that will compensate these employees by using monies that are owed for the most part to financial institutions. Does your government have a responsibility in this matter? What does the government plan on doing to solve the problem, besides expressing empty wishes?

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