I have no doubt that this is going to cost more money. I have no doubt that this is going to take more work on behalf of the agency. None at all. But I think the import of this is a question of equity. I'm trying to get to a question of equity as a Canadian citizen if you have standards that don't apply equally across the board at a time when rural Canada is hemorrhaging to death and hollowing out.
If you were to take five community leaders from 500-person communities or 2,000-person communities, many of which we represent—particularly those of us who have catchment areas in rural areas—and put this question to them, what do you think they might say about this particular amendment put forward by Mr. Julian, about the need for consultation to be caught in this bill? They have to sit down with affected communities before either exempting themselves, which is the process today, either by letting their insurance lapse.... I understand the technique. But what I'm trying to get to is whether we are wrong in assuming, or whether I'm wrong in assuming, that affected communities here, at a time when the gap between urban and rural Canada is large.... We all live it. Am I missing something here?