Mr. Speaker, I continue to marvel at the member's remarks because I never realized he was such a defender of the banking institutions in our country. I thought that essentially he agreed with most of his colleagues' recommendations, that this was an opportunity and a time in our history when all members of Parliament could get together and challenge the financial institutions to change their attitude and banking practices toward small and medium sized businesses. That of course was the essence and the purpose of this debate today.
I will get right to the question and I will take less than two minutes. The question goes back to the the member's recognition of the auto pact and the fact that this is an area where legislators made a decision that the automobile industry was an industry that we would support.
We have also made similar decisions in the House of Commons for the oil and gas sector. Is the member suggesting that legislators should have nothing to do in trying to assist the oil and gas sectors of the country?