Take my time? I don't want this to turn into the procedure and House Affairs committee in any way.
I'll mention some of the other examples that I have here. There was an act respecting the Montreal and Lake Maskinongé Railway Company that went into some detail for the county of Berthier on what would be included in that use of the Constitution, including things like station houses, engine houses, sidings, telegraph and telephone lines, and other works. They didn't talk about the financial considerations of why they were doing it. Those are contained in other sections of the act and the preamble. The Drummond County Railway Company and the British Columbia Dock Company used it. The City of Ottawa had it used as well, and so did the Montreal subway company, the railway act, and an act respecting grain, which is very simple, nationwide, and for grain elevators. It's all in here. It was used for the development and control of the Atomic Energy company. Again, there are lots of uses of it, and we should hear from expert witnesses on how the federal government could use this to ensure that the pipeline is built.
If you're wondering about the “how” and what you could do, I think the finance committee is in a unique position to advise the government on financial considerations, through a study that provides recommendations.
I'm going to stop talking. If you adjourn the debate, though, I'm going to take that as a no, and that you don't care about the people back home in my riding and in Calgary. I hope you give it due consideration and that you seriously consider voting for this motion. I don't think four meetings is that much to ask, and I think we could benefit a lot from figuring out the financial considerations that the federal government should take.