Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member. Unfortunately he missed the first half of my speech. It was an excellent part of my speech. I know he will not do that again.
I will be telling the minister, and I am very happy to share it with the member, that we need to look at duplication. We need to look at the overlap between the provinces and the federal government. We need to look at that to see if we can save money by dividing some of the responsibilities. Let us have a look at them. We will look at the different departments.
Is there something in the coast guard? Can we amalgamate the services of the coast guard fleet with the department of fisheries fleet to create more efficiency? Can we consolidate those services so a better job can be done in a more efficient and effective way?
I will be telling the minister that we need to look at small craft harbours. Maybe we can privatize them. Maybe they can be privatized at a much lower cost than for us to continue holding on to them.
I will be advising the minister that we have to look at overlap. We have to look at duplication, not only between the provinces and ourselves but between the different departments like the Department of the Environment and the coast guard. Let us see what services we can consolidate and save money.
Why should we have within a mile fleet maintenance services for the coast guard and close by one for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans? It does not make sense.
We have to look at the common sense approach. We need to look at overlap and duplication. I hope the minister will listen to what I have to say because coming from the business sector I can provide some good advice on saving money for the taxpayer.