Mr. Speaker, in terms of clarification and going beyond the member's question, I mentioned the historical impact of this bill. It goes back to the principle of negotiation and how these agreements are established in the first place.
I think the point the member was making was that before we go into this we need long term planning. In other words the government sometimes goes into these negotiations in the wrong way. We have seen it happen so many times and it is something we could accuse the government of doing almost on a day to day basis. We have to put some of those mistakes behind us. We have to proceed with the only process available to us. Recognizing that there have been mistakes in the past, hopefully we will minimize mistakes in the future as we hold the government's feet to the fire. Again I go back to the opportunity we will have at committee stage with regard to this bill.
Taking the member very seriously, he is absolutely right. So little planning has gone into some of these mega projects, developments and settlements that impact on a good many Canadians. Sometimes those projects and the disruption of the lives of families happen close to home.