Sure.
When we look at the numbers, and we can all look at the same numbers.... There is some sense my colleagues have that all of a sudden when this government took power we shut it all off. But the numbers are not significantly different. They vary from year to year, as they have over the years.
To me, they should welcome this legislation, because it lists the factors the minister “may consider”. Even if you want to say “shall consider”, it's not going to change anything. He shall consider it and then he or she can say, whether it's your party or our party, “I've considered those decisions and it's not going to happen”. But I think Mr. Laprade has made very clear what the courts have ruled they have to do. I think if my colleagues would look at it openly, they would find that it's a far better blueprint to follow than what the existing legislation has been.
If I have any time, Mr. Chair, I would share it with Mr. Lobb.