Mr. Speaker, the member was absolutely right when he said there is something symbolic. Obviously, there is something symbolic in the fact that in the riding of Fraser Valley East, one in 13 households have thought this program was worthwhile.
I think I made the point yesterday that the flag program is only part of an overall government approach that seeks to build for Canadians a sense of ownership of their country. Flying a flag is not going to save the country but it is certainly giving Canadians a positive public expression of their belief in the capacity of this great country. It has obviously struck a cord with a lot of Canadians, including the hon. member who used his own fax lines at considerable cost to the taxpayers to fax my office in Ottawa from his office in British Columbia to get the flags.