Mr. Speaker, I have listened carefully to what my colleague from the Reform Party has had to say.
He has quoted some interesting statistics, including the fact that public opinion in British Columbia seemed to be against it.
I have two questions for my colleague. Are the Reform MPs not acting somewhat as agitators, conditioning public opinion in their respective ridings to believe that the treaty and coming legislation on the Nisga'a are terrible things?
In the many press clippings from British Columbia I have read, I have not seen one single positive comment from a Reform member on the Nisga'a treaty.
I also heard my colleague say that the people of British Columbia had objections, that the Reform Party represented these people very well and that he was very representative.
Can he draw a parallel with Canadians' voting intentions concerning the Reform Party, with only 9% of people now indicating that they would vote for his party? Is this not proof that the Reform Party is quite simply barking up the wrong tree as far as aboriginal issues go?