Mr. Speaker, I want to say first of all that a member opposite said we have drawn out the debate at great lengths. I think it would only be appropriate if four, five or six Reform members spoke to this legislation, and I believe that is how many have spoken today.
The other thing I would like to comment on is the fact that my colleague for Winnipeg Centre is completely off the mark when he tries to cast aspersions on the Reform Party by implying that somehow we have condoned, possibly spawned and encouraged this organization, which none of my colleagues in this caucus have even heard of, let alone been made aware of what the aims or goals are. I think that is probably one of the sleaziest things I have seen happen in this parliament up to this point.
Having said that, I would like to ask a question of my colleague from Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey. This agreement is an attempt to bring to a close 21 years of negotiation. The first thing that occurs to me is that when we are in negotiation for 21 years the people that benefit are not the stakeholders, they are the negotiators. This looks to me like a career for somebody to continue negotiations which started in 1978.
I would encourage my colleague across the way to remark on that or to enlighten me as to how he feels about the fact that this has dragged on and on. Who does he think have been the—