It is a one-way democracy.
In response to the hon. member for Trois-Rivières, I ask myself the same questions on the institution, on those who are part of it, and on the government's true intentions in setting up a committee. Today, it announced the setting-up of a committee which, when you think of it, will only rehash the same old arguments that were raised for months in Newfoundland, before finally arriving at an almost unanimous conclusion. And the same goes for Quebec, where the National Assembly was unanimous.
So, why set up committees? It is probably—and I ask myself the same question as the hon. member for Trois-Rivières does—to pass the time, because the government has no political will to truly lead the country, to advocate new directions for the economy, and to ensure that the injustices created by the cuts it imposed on the provinces are corrected.