Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Wentworth—Burlington.
I did not intend to speak to this bill but some of the things that have been said must be challenged. I think the Canadian people should hear what is in the bill. That would be a very unusual approach to take in a debate.
I heard the hon. parliamentary secretary to the minister of heritage ask a question a moment ago to a member of the Bloc. The member asked if he felt he was a member of federal parliament. It occurred to me that Reform and Bloc members are provincial members of the federal parliament. There is quite a distinction.
It is fascinating to hear Reform Party members stand and defend the rights of the British Columbia government to take care of the national environmental responsibility. I understand the Bloc doing it, as I said before, because its members would separate Quebec from the rest of Canada. Are Reform members now telling us they would separate British Columbia?