Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that answer but it does puzzle me. First of all, the member says the federal government is only one player. I remind the member again that the provinces, the other players, have been playing. They have been playing vigorously. They have been kicking the ball toward the goal post for over three years. What has the federal government been doing? What has it been doing to play in the game? Yes, it is only one player, but as far as I have seen it has not been doing much to play.
The member says that the provincial players keep changing. If that is a reason for not getting an agreement, we will never have an agreement because the players keep changing in any government. Surely the people of the country deserve the players that are on the field at the time to move toward a goal.
Given whoever is playing at a particular time, what is a reasonable timeframe for social policy renewal to reach some kind of conclusion?