Madam Speaker, the member will have a chance to conclude and continue the debate, so I would remind him to exercise the kind of restraint that most of us do during Private Member's Business.
I commend the member for his initiative, but as the government member stated, most of this falls under provincial jurisdiction.
I am really disappointed. I know the member believes firmly in this. That is his right. That is why he was sent to this House. But why would the Reform Party stay away in big numbers? There is not one single member of the Reform Party—