Mr. Speaker, I listened intently to the member. For the most part his remarks were certainly on target.
I understand his reservation with the federal government trying to enforce their wishes on the provinces. If I heard the member correctly, I believe he was referring to leadership at the federal level where sometimes the federal government has to exercise its power to force the provinces to do something.
Is the member suggesting that maybe the government or the Prime Minister should do that or are we not acting simply because we do not want to get into a tug of war or head-butting with the provinces?
I just want a little clarification on that. From time to time the federal government has to spend some of its political capital doing things which may prove to be unpopular in the short term, but obviously the right thing to do in the long term.