Madam Speaker, I hear the member from Coquitlam harping up once again. It is nice to see that he is here for a change. It would be nice to see him enter into this debate in a reasonable manner rather than just shouting across the way as he usually does.
It is the government's way of dealing with Canadians and the different regions of Canada. The Liberal members simply think they have all the answers. Thirty years of governance from the sixties onward have shown that the government does not have the answers, that it does not have the solutions. The programs it has put in place do not solve all the problems. The government cannot see that and that is a shame. That is exactly the approach it has taken with Bill C-65. Once again it has shown its arrogant way of dealing with Canadians. It is a shame.
The government could have taken a different approach. It could have taken a consultative approach where it talks with individuals and mentions equalization in a formula that would actually work. To think that we have seven have not provinces, in this government's own terms, is a shame. It is incomprehensible how that can happen in a country as rich as this.
That is this government's approach to governing. It is disrespect for Canadians that has led to this kind of legislation and this style of governing and it has to come to an end.