Madam Speaker, as I said at the beginning the great thing about this debate is that it is on the record. We can look and see what people have said. We can check it in 10 years time or we can check it tomorrow. It is all on the record.
As far as public input in British Columbia is concerned, I want to ask the hon. member where it stops. At the end of the day somewhere and somehow there has to be an end to the process. We might not all agree with that.
There are compelling reasons to have ongoing public debate, and 120 hours is pretty serious public debate in B.C. Numerous information sessions have been brought to my attention. However, at the end of those sessions we might have a small minority or a small majority of people who are not satisfied with the public debate, are not satisfied with their public officials and want to throw it out and start over. They want to forget the negotiation process, forget everything.
That is like Reformers saying they can get rid of the Indian Act. The Indian Act is protected by the constitution. It is part of the constitution. They cannot do that. That will not happen. It is false to insinuate and to lead people down that trail. They cannot even begin to do it. As far as the people I have talked to in B.C.—