Madam Speaker, I am sure the hon. member knows that when we spend our time in the finance committee we do have some constructive debate. There are members on all sides of this House who certainly enjoy debate.
The hon. member talked about the economic health of the country of Canada. I believe he ranked it at about 6.5 out of 10 in his opening remarks. He made reference only to the exchange rate. What about inflation rates in Canada, the growth of the GDP and the unemployment rate declining?
He talks about fixing the currency to the U.S. dollar. He has a constituent who has put forward that proposal. I ask the hon. member whether he thinks that the B.C. forest industry could survive a fixed exchange rate with the U.S. dollar. Does he have constituents in business who would feel when they are exporting that in fact taking away Canada's ability to buffer what goes on around the world with flexible exchange rates would not help companies to export? By fixing it what we have is just one unitary exchange rate and our cycles are different than those of the United States.