Mr. Speaker, I have to say that the member speaks this much in caucus as well. He rambles and goes on and on. However, he does have an awful lot of intelligent things to say. I would like to make two comments and have the hon. member for Kings—Hants respond.
He gave a scathing critique on the Minister of Industry regarding his flip flop on his position respecting the legislation. Does the member believe that the Minister of Industry has actually had a philosophical mindset change, that he now embraces the legislation, or does he see it as a bit of political theatrics on the part of the minister? I hope he can answer that.
The member talked about the need for huge capital investment in research and development. If the bill is not approved, is it his opinion that a lot of the research and development dollars that are in this country now would flee the country if companies did not have the patent protection that would be in place through this proposed legislation?