Mr. Speaker, I recently learned of a 150 year old house in Kincardine, Ontario, that is being restored by local volunteers. By the time the house is completely restored the volunteers will have raised over $350,000 privately. They will have spent many thousands of hours working to preserve the heritage building. One board member of the non-profit heritage society doing the work said he thinks the reason behind the phenomenal success of the voluntary venture is that government is not involved.
For years the Canadian Alliance has advocated letting Canadians go about their business without government interference. The Canadian people are far better judges than any government when it comes to being creative and picking successes.
As elected members of the federal parliament it is not our job to dream up business ventures for people to pursue. It is our job to foster an environment that will allow Canadians to initiate their own endeavours without being shackled by government regulation.