Mr. Speaker, I am not talking about Newfoundland alone here. I am not talking about a separate side agreement for Newfoundland. I am talking about a separate agreement that would apply to seven provinces, not including Alberta, Ontario and B.C. Alberta, Ontario and B.C., by virtue of their geographic locations, in some respects have been able to move ahead because of their prosperous economies. We thank these provinces for being able to share their wealth with the rest of Canada.
What we simply want to do is make our contribution to the rest of Canada as well. I believe in order to do that we need the federal government to look closely at this bill, to think about the have not provinces and to come up with some kind of formula that will enable less clawback on their resources until they reach a point comparable to Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.