Through the chair, I'd like to answer your questions in reverse order if I may.
The House of the Provinces being the Senate I think is a solution to many of the problems this country has had. The provinces, under the Constitution Act itself, or the law of sovereignty over health care, education, social services, manpower, a number of those...these are very reminiscent of the problems Quebec has had with the federal government of the past. They have, by themselves, almost caused a couple of referendums for separation.
The reason I passed this picture around was so you would understand that our committee is totally committed to keeping this country together. That was plowed into the grain fields of Alberta in 1992, three weeks before the last referendum. That was our response to a request to go to Montreal and take part in holding that gigantic flag. We wanted to do something. This ended up in a lot of the newspapers in Quebec--on the front page. That's why I sent it to you.
That's our purpose, to accommodate all the provinces. They have the power under the Constitution for health care, social services, manpower, a number of those things, and we want them to have input into the government while legislation is being passed, not fighting legislation they don't like after it has been passed.