Mr. Speaker, I have a short question that I would like to put to the hon. member.
He is opposing this bill as is his party. It seems to me that every time the government has brought forward a bill dealing with aboriginal claims or aboriginal interests or dealings in land in any area that is inhabited by aboriginal peoples in this country, he and his party members have opposed the bill.
I wonder if he is in a position to reconsider his party's opposition and realize perhaps their opposition is not based on reason but on a bias or prejudice that is coming through in opposition to these bills. Would he not want to rethink his policy and take a little more fair view of the entire thing and realize that this bill is in fact good for the Yukon territory as was the case with the two previous bills which we heard announced earlier this afternoon in another speech and turn it around and support this legislation?