Mr. Speaker, I just gave him the facts on the myth versus his myth. They are wrong and they get very upset when they hear the truth. The majority of the people of British Columbia and the NDP Government of British Columbia, which our friends down here support federally, do not like the agreement.
They talk in this document about fair treatment of British Columbia. I was Speaker of the British Columbia legislature for nine years. It was the worst sham I have ever seen when this bill went through the British Columbia legislature. The Government of British Columbia did not let it get halfway through the legislature before it brought in closure. The government opposite just denied us the right to sit tonight to debate the bill until 10 p.m., but in the next few days it will bring in closure on it.
That is not debating legislation the proper way. We can go back to the pipeline debate a number of years ago that went on for days and weeks and months because it was a right of Canadians, no matter how small their group in the House, to debate a bill until it was fully debated and fully discussed, so the people of eastern Canada can understand what is the problem with the legislation in British Columbia.
I suggest to people out there, as my friend said earlier the hundreds of thousands that are watching, that they should look at the treaties we have had in eastern Canada for the last 100 years. Are natives in eastern Canada living any better because of the treaties they signed? I do not think they are.