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It seems strange in that this is Section 1 ( 1 ) , why do we refer to the section when indebtedness to the Crown , the special share function in this act is such a central issue and one to which some of the initial comments of the minister were addressed . Yet there is an essential difference between a state like Nazi Germany or Communist Russia that engages in mass murder as positive , official policy , and a state like the United States or Canada that no longer extends the full protection of the law to all human life . We also have the comments that were made by the previous Minister of Labour who stated in September of ' 94 , when being interviewed , that there was no need to change The Labour Relations Act. I have no objection if it is procedurally correct for the minister to read all the amendments in at the present time , but I believe we have to pass them individually . You demean the elected officials of this province when you suggest that they are so feeble-minded that the NDP can just walk in and tell them to pass a motion . It is interesting that this government will certainly go along with a third party independent review of MLAs ' salaries , but when it affects their own salaries , they say , oh , yes , we will go along with that because we respect the process and they enjoyed the benefit of an increase , but when it is someone else 's salaries that are being reviewed by an independent body , in this case the Judicial Compensation Committee , the government comes by and says , no , no , we are going to go with our main man on the panel , Mr. Benson . At least 1 ( 4 ) and 1 ( 5 ) are the same kind of issue if I am correct , that what we are doing here is attempting to be clear - - I am sure not attempting , I am sure we are being clear - - about for other legal purposes of defining transactions , bidding procedures , tendering procedures , entering into agreements . It has got something to do with responsibility and the true purpose of the trade union which is to represent its members and not simply to feed money into a machine that has no accountability back to its members . Mr. Reid : This , I think , will prevent in some ways , although I believe not totally , any interference with the free determination of any employees in making the decision on whether or not they wish to belong to a particular union and that they would hopefully minimize the ability of an employer to interfere in that process or that decision . I am prepared to move another amendment later on in the bill that will allow for some way to allow the government to meet its objectives of this bill under the existing collective agreements , hoping that they are prepared to consider such an amendment . Mr. Chairperson , we are very concerned that the detail contained in the amendments to this bill , which are in some cases housekeeping , probably about three-quarters of them would be termed housekeeping amendments , but a good quarter of them are very substantive amendments . Now , I am sure this was no surprise to the telephone company , and I am sure it was no surprise to the minister responsible because he is a well-informed and competent minister . You are contravening the decision of the Supreme Court and yet you are the minister of a Crown whose sworn duty is to uphold the law of this land and the decisions that are made by those courts .