Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his question.
I can take this opportunity to explain that we are not meddling in the area of provincial jurisdiction. In fact, during program review last year leading up to the February 1995 budget, my department took the opportunity to consult with all the provinces. We have worked co-operatively and collaboratively with the provinces so that we do not have overlapping duplication any longer in the resource sectors.
We have defined our role and the provinces have defined theirs. As far as I know, they are reasonably happy with that.