Madam Speaker, I listened to my colleague's speech very closely and I have two questions for him.
There a number of very poor Canadian families in the country. I think it was indicated this morning that about 1.4 million children are living in poverty. We heard on the news today that there are 200,000 young people out of work, largely school dropouts who do not appear on any statistical record.
Would my hon. friend agree that with the imposition of user fees certain Canadians, particularly children from low income families, will have a difficult time accessing the use of some of our national parks?
While it is called commercialization of the national parks, would he not agree that this is another euphemism for the privatization of Parks Canada?