Madam Speaker, since time is running short I will be very direct in my question to the hon. member.
The crux of this issue seems to come down to sovereignty, who is going to control the affairs of the nation. Will it be a multinational corporation deciding the affairs of the nation from abroad or will it be the nation itself?
We are a resource rich country. We need resource management. Who is going to manage our resources? Who is going to be in charge of our fisheries? Who is going to be in charge of our mining and our forest resources? What protection is in the MAI now?
I have read the information on the MAI on the Internet. I have followed it for over a year. There is a scarcity of it. You can say there is a lot there, but there is a scarcity of it.