Mr. Speaker, I would like to comment on the speech just made by the Reform Party member for Surrey North.
She seemed to have great concerns about the private member's bill of the member for Burlington. The member for Burlington wants restaurants to provide information about the content of the food they are serving so that people will not die from sudden shock which might happen with a reaction to the food.
I was surprised that the member for Surrey North was not more sensitive. She said that putting too much responsibility on restaurants is what our colleague wants. On the other hand, she said that we cannot expect restaurants to save someone's life if the person goes into a food reaction shock, that the onus is on the individual. I would suggest it is the responsibility of the restaurants to know what their products are all about because the lives of their clients might be at stake.
The member for Surrey North also suggested that we should have more statistics in order to justify this bill. This is awful. Should we have one death, 100 deaths or 1,000 deaths in Surrey, B.C., or should it be in Montreal?
People want to know what is in food.