 members statements member from Davenport. Mr. Speaker a student tweeted at the member from Parkdale High Park last night asking her to end the college strike. The student wrote and I quote please Ontario NDP and MPP Sherry De Novo for the love of God let's go back let us go back to school. The member's response that a college degree is worthless that's right Mr. Speaker worthless. The student wrote back asking and I quote respectfully I'm interested to hear why you say my degree is worthless. Mr. Speaker every member on this side of this house is interested too. We want to know why the NDP is busy calling college degrees worthless instead of voting to get students back to class. We want to know why the NDP is choosing ideology over pragmatism and we want to know why the NDP is refusing to pass this bill today so students can go back to class. I would tell the member I'm not particularly enamored when other members mention other members in their writings and if it happens again I'll ask them to refrain from doing so I've told everyone that I'm not enamored by that it will not happen. Further members Davis the member from the PN Carlton. Very much speaker I'm honored to be here today in this emergency session on behalf of the Progressive Conservative Caucus in Unison with the government to ensure the five hundred thousand college students across Ontario will get back into their classrooms at the quickest and the most immediate time that they might be able to do so. A speaker as you know Algonquin College Services my community and my students Association at Algonquin is very much in favor of this legislation so to them I say we stand with you. Thank you. Further members Davis the member from Trinity's Podina. Thank you speaker I'm honored to also share some of the tweets we've seen from students in reaction to the NDP's stalling this very important vote. Like us they're clearly unhappy that NDP is stalling this legislation and blocking blocking students from being back in class. Natalie writes it's been five weeks already without a deal we need to get back in class support the back to work legislation we have already lost enough time. Brian writes how about instead of playing politics you consider what's the best for students they had five weeks and get to get it done. Sarah writes I want to get back in the classroom to get my life back on track. Forget about the politics it isn't about weighing isn't about students lives students life it's about students life in future please just support the legislation. Mike writes you blocking is shameful you put ideology ahead of students. Phil added what have you done in the last five weeks to help end the strike. Absolutely nothing by blocking the legislation you're clearly showing that you do not care for the students at all. The NDP do not care about Ontario college students time and money. Mr. Speaker we agree action speaks louder than words and the NDP's refusal to support this bill shows that they're more concerned with political games than getting the student back. Senator please. Senator please. Further members statements the member from beaches short. I'm pleased to lend my ear to this debate as well because we know why we're here and the only reason we are here is because the NDP party is blocking students from going back to school and this is a shameful display speaker even from a party that has done many horrible things in the past but this is a shame because they're playing politics with students and they're not putting students first. It's also surprising from a party speaker that has supported this legislation in the past even the current leader of the party in 2008 she and many of her colleagues voted to send striking Toronto transit workers back in one day and the same type of legislation the NDP supported during the 2002 strike by garbage workers. So speaker at that time NDP Howard Hampton the leader of the time said this is a legislation we have voted for before it is fair it is balanced and we can support it today given the record of the NDP in the past because I asked why and what has changed what has changed to make the NDP think it's right to block students from going back to school what has changed to make them think they should employ delay this important legislation I don't have that answer but the leader of the third party does have an obligation to answer to all the students who are here all the students are watching answer to them and their parents and their grandparents why is it you will not allow these kids to go back to school? Why are you blocking them? Do you see it please?