Mr. Speaker, we have said that the position of all governments is that compensation should be paid when governments were at fault in the period when they could have acted.
I invite the hon. member to speak to his colleague from Macleod. Last Thursday during the debate on his motion the hon. member for Macleod agreed with our position. He said “I accept his point”, referring to me, “that government should not pay cash compensation to people who are injured when there is no fault. No fault, no compensation, I accept”. That is the position of the hon. member for Macleod. That is our position. That is the right position.
The fault was from 1986 to 1990. That is the period during which we are paying compensation, and I am glad my colleague from Macleod agrees with our position.