Mr. Speaker, one of the great things the member for Kamloops brings to the House is his ability to remind the Liberal Party from time to time when it tends to move a little too far to the right. The Reform Party influence is pretty obvious in the bill, but we have to focus on some of those matters.
The bill will go to committee. Contrary to what the member said, the bill cannot be amended by regulation. We will make that amendment in committee. Hopefully all members will continue in the same spirit we have had in the committee to amend the bill.
The member alluded to an idea in the first part of his speech about young entrepreneurs needing access to start up capital. It was a very important insight into a very important issue all of us in the House must address. Even Reform Party members would agree. I notice they are agreeing.
I also noticed something in my own community. I ache when I see some young talent that has just finished engineering school or university and the old institutions or the larger corporations that used to be there to provide their first jobs are no longer hiring young people. Many of them are frustrated, and we have not addressed the issue head on in terms of providing entrepreneurial support systems that are required if they are to get going.
I am thinking aloud. When we go into committee I would be interested in the member's views or thoughts on looking at the whole list of criteria in the Small Business Loans Act. Should we look at the notion of including a clause in the bill that deals with young entrepreneurs? The bill could be a tool used by banks to make them a little more sensitive. Obviously the bill will help bank managers take the extra risk they probably would not take on their own.
What would the member for Kamloops say about possibly looking into that area as a way of altering the bill to look after young entrepreneurs?