I will turn to Mr. St‑Hilaire now.
You talked a lot about an emergency measure.
The bill is clear: The importance of building a stronger Canadian economy is what ties the legislation together. It's not about a public emergency. It's about the ability to compete in the face of everything that is happening internationally, especially the situation vis-à-vis the United States.
Canada needs to expand its markets. It needs to do a better job. It needs to do more with what it has now. To me, that is not an emergency measure. You consistently referred to the legislation as an emergency measure. Canada is at a crossroads. We have to counter the legal and trade measures we face with the United States. If this isn't a different way for the country to do things, I don't think anything else could define our country in building these projects.
How do you make that distinction, without turning it into an emergency measure? Bill C-5 will improve Canada's production capacity.