I think what I find so breathtaking is that we have two provincial governments, two provinces in Atlantic Canada, and the Atlantic accords have been so important to our region, yet the federal Conservatives know better than the duly elected members of the legislature in Nova Scotia. I don't know the situation in Newfoundland and Labrador, but certainly in my province of Nova Scotia, I have federal Conservatives from other provinces of the country who are almost suggesting that they know better than the governments in the place I call home.
I think that's astonishing. It follows the trend of the Harper government, which wanted to tear up the Atlantic accords. In my view, it is really almost gatekeeping economic opportunity in Atlantic Canada.
I just want the ministers to know this. When we get this bill through committee, I'll certainly be encouraging our House leader to move this as soon as possible, because, again, the Conservatives are standing in the way—