Madam Speaker, certainly I intend to do that as I do come back to the issue during my debate. I think it is important to compare and compare I will do. I know, Madam Speaker, that you will not disagree with that particular point so I will try to keep my comparisons very relevant.
I understand that the treaty struck for the space station among these different countries was certainly an historic treaty. However, I do not recall just how much debate there was in the House over that particular issue or how much consultation there was here. The only thing I recall over this particular treaty, and it is a treaty, is that the space station agreement was brought here for rubber-stamping. It is all over, finished and done. All the government wants is the House's approval. That is no different than the Nisga'a agreement.
The Nisga'a agreement was done by the government in the same way. It was compiled with little consultation with those who really mattered. That is an important issue when we talk about an agreement that has such an impact on the lives of people in British Columbia and, for that matter, across the country. It is the taxpayer who is footing the bill. It is no different than on the space station issue where the taxpayer will also be footing the bill, although with the space station there is certainly going to be a different spinoff in the country than there will be with the Nisga'a agreement. It will be the balkanization of Canada.