Mr. Speaker, I think we could convince our colleagues across the way to do this today. It seems to me to be a very thoughtful proposal.
Perhaps another avenue would be to strike a special task force of members of parliament from the various political parties and bring in the various standing committees on industry, finance and others, as she suggested, to work among ourselves toward the development of a program.
Yes, I think that is possible. I hope as this debate concludes that we all agree to make this a votable motion so that we can support it 100%.
My hon. friend mentioned the letters the Minister of Industry wrote to various people in the shipbuilding industry, saying that if he became minister or the Liberals formed the government they would do something about the shipbuilding industry. People misunderstood that to mean that something would be done to improve it, as opposed to something which would make it more difficult to survive. Perhaps we need to read those letters a bit more carefully and recognize that the minister was saying they did not plan to do much.
The time is right. We all agree that it is time to move forward. I suspect that my hon. friends opposite will be anxious to make this motion votable so that we can do something positive for the country.