That is an excellent way of putting it. Thank you very much.
Mr. Lafleur, I am glad to see you again. What Mr. Dechert said was interesting. Obviously, there are some things we can work on. In addition to employment insurance, we agree on the credit card issue.
I have to say that what you said will probably keep me up tonight because you raised the possibility that the federal government could play a role in managing waste materials. Knowing that this is the same organization that gave us a list—one with important and commendable public safety goals—known as the gun registry, which cost $1 billion, if you really want to keep people awake at night, just raise the spectre of the federal government taking care of garbage. People will really be worried.
All the same, I will stick to the two specific issues you raised. You are a lawyer and I am a lawyer, so we will not get into a long constitutional debate about jurisdictional powers. I will just ask you a specific question.
You mentioned about paint and oil. In Quebec, the Société de gestion des huiles usagées du Québec, SOGHU, deals with oil. For paint, there is a 50¢ fee per four-litre can. This is in line with two sustainable development principles: internalizing costs and product life cycle. These two sustainable development principles appear in Quebec law, which is considered to be the best in the world with respect to sustainable development.
I would like to close by asking you, what are the problems with this? Tell me one concrete problem related to managing these products. I have never heard of any, and I was involved in it for many years.