Mr. Speaker, I welcome the question.
We are the elected officials of this country. My colleagues from the Reform Party, the Conservative Party, the Bloc and the Liberal Party, we are the ones who are responsible ultimately to answer to the constituents of this country for legislation.
If previous Conservative governments and the current Liberal government have refused to negotiate and to legislate, then it is quite obvious that the supreme court will dictate to us what it interprets as the rules and what it interprets as the law. Once it does this, whether we like the decision or not, we have to live with it.
We find ourselves in the pickle we are in today because of the failed policies of the current Liberal government and past Conservative governments where they have refused to negotiate long term solutions for the resources of this country. It is up to parliament to finally decide this issue. It is not up to the supreme court. It is our responsibility as parliamentarians to take this issue very seriously.