All right, let me ask another very practical question.
In your opening comments you were reminding Canadians of the urgency of the situation, that we have to get moving and fast-track this. Why then won't you and your government just split the bill and take out the irritating elements of this, so the opposition parties could in fact unanimously support some fast-tracking of spending?
I don't want you to spend the rest of your time on this, because I know it's an irritant for you and others, but what do pay equity and those issues have to do with economic stimulus? Why was the Navigable Waters Protection Act crowded into this same bill?
Why do you make it so hard for us to agree with you that we must get the money out the door? If you really wanted to get it through the Senate, split the bill, and it would be through the Senate and your job would be done and you could get busy spending that money.
Why let partisan politics get in the way of the very opening remarks you made?