Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's very kind.
I would just like to point out that the matter of compulsion and imprisonment, which irritates my Conservative colleagues so much, has been around since 1918. Mr. Lake surely remembers 1918 because that was the year that the National Hockey League was founded. Since that time, a number of Conservative and Liberal governments have been in power. This provision has been around for a long time. As you are currently in power, gentlemen, perhaps you could introduce a bill to abolish this provision.
Contrary to what my friend Mr. Bernier said earlier, this is not the issue today. The issue is science. I know that some Conservatives believe that humans and dinosaurs walked the earth together, but the world was not created 5,000 years ago. Once again, these are subjective beliefs. Let's get back to the science of the matter.
Mr. Simard, I would like to know how scientific research will be affected by what the Conservative government is suggesting.