Madam Speaker, first of all I would like to introduce the Reform members to some of my colleagues from Atlantic Canada. They do not have any Atlantic Canada representatives. I have one from Ontario as well. We truly are representative across Canada. We have a national party. We will get that out of the way first of all.
Second, the hon. member had indicated whether we would support the amendment of the Reform Party. I told him before and I will make it public now that we will support the amendment to have this legislation sent back to the committee for the very simple reason, as the minister did in a last minute attempt, to massage the inclusion clause.
Unfortunately it did not change it substantively. It took the trigger point of the inclusion from a representative of a producer group to the minister.
I have some faith in that minister, that he would not trigger the inclusion clause. But there are other people opposite who, if they ever became minister of that board, I would have very serious concerns about, having the kind of power to trigger an inclusion clause.
I believe the minister is on the right track. I believe the minister should have this clause rethought, looked at again. The best way to do that is to take it back to committee. Therefore we will be supporting the amendment to go to committee.