Mr. Speaker, the member should know that I have two brothers, a sister and a mother who live in Victoria, B.C. I go back and forth and have done that for the last 20 years.
I admire the province. I love the province. I love the island and I feel it is very much a part of me. When he says butt out, what he is basically saying is if you do not live in the province, you have no say over the environment.
As a Canadian I care about this country from sea to sea. It is of interest to me. I know the provincial government in B.C. now is probably the most venal government in Canada. It is inept. It would do anything in order to get votes, including raping the landscape and raping the ocean.
As far as I am concerned the federal government is doing the right thing because if we are Canadians we should care about B.C., about Quebec, about Newfoundland. We on this side do care.