Madam Chair, I'd like to make it clear that what I'm going to say is related to the amendments.
I don't know if the government realizes that we're trying to help it.
We have a Prime Minister who is hardly ever in Canada. People who are not on the ground want this to move quickly. They want it to be a weapon of mass construction, as the president of Alto himself said. They want to build, build, build. We get it. This is an economic stimulus project, and that's great. However, when you're going through people's backyards, if you don't do it in a socially acceptable and respectful way, the project will not go as fast as you want.
As I told you, Highway 13, Highway 50 and the Enbridge pipeline went through our area, and people didn't react this way because they were properly consulted.
The minister tells us that nothing is being done in Canada anymore, in the provinces or even at the federal level. After all, a pipeline is not under provincial jurisdiction. He says that nothing ever gets done. He points to the Mégantic bypass as an example, but that is a unique case. Well, I have to tell you that's not true.
The government doesn't understand that, precisely because its project has buy-in, because we need foundational transportation projects and because we have to join the 21st century, we have to work as though it's the 21st century. That's what my colleague, Mr. Leitão, doesn't understand.