Mr. Chair, I think this begs for much further debate.
The reality, as Mr. Fast knows, is that many municipalities may choose for various reasons not to make that purchase, and community groups--and we've seen this with a whole host of rail bed situations--have actually fundraised actively and locally to make those purchases and acquisitions. We're talking about how it works out there right now, and we've seen case after case in which municipalities, for various reasons, have not chosen to go that route, but community organizations have.
If we add the protection that it is subject to municipal approval, then we are assuring the very legitimate concern Mr. Bell raised, which is a situation in which that community organization is in conflict with the municipality. We don't want that. What we do want, though, is for that to be available to the communities when municipalities can't, won't, or don't make that choice, but do support the idea that a community organization could do the fundraising and make the acquisition.
Now, this is after we've gone through the various hoops that are already situated in Bill C-11. It would mean after the possibility of urban transit has basically been expunged. We're at the point at which the land is there and there is an approval process with the municipalities; the community organizations do the fundraising and acquire that land with the approval of the municipality and in the interest of the community as a whole. I don't see what is so offensive—