Madam Speaker, I need no lesson from the hon. member when it comes to speaking out against my own party. I know the hon. member has quite a degree of interest in that area.
I want to point out to the hon. member that there are many countries in this world that have those kind of resources. Russia would be a good example of where it cannot get the investment to get the resources. Sure, it may belong to the people, but ultimately the people will never see the benefit of those resources because they will remain in the ground ad infinitum with that kind of a socialist policy, which we understand to mean not recognizing the market as it currently exists.
I want to tell the hon. member that I am prepared to exhaust the free market and make sure it works appropriately before we have some kind of a command system.
The hon. member had a class example of why gasoline prices are expensive in his own riding. The Atlantic Richfield Company came into his riding, knocked out a few independents, had prices below cost, even below the level of taxation, and the hon. member never once raised the issue. The independents are out of the way and British Columbians in his riding are now paying among the highest prices for gasoline in this country.
When it comes to my position as it relates to gasoline, I would ask the hon. member to once and for all take up this issue, tell his constituents why he did not talk about this and explain to them specifically what international policy or international conspiracy has to do—