Mr. Speaker, I think the hon. member is very genuine in her position and certainly in line with her party's policies and positions. Its distrust of big industry and big banks is certainly well known. I do not think there is any question about that.
Just before the hon. member finished her speech she said that there was this mentality in Canada about, “protect my 40 acres and to heck with yours”, and that we have to get over that.
The government of Alberta and the government of Saskatchewan share Lake Athabasca. Actually, it straddles the border there. The government of Saskatchewan, through a crown corporation, owns the uranium mines in Uranium City that have been abandoned and are polluting the lakes, killing fish and causing all kinds of havoc in the environment in northern Saskatchewan. The damage of course is migrating to my 40 acres across the border.
I would like to ask the member why the NDP government in Saskatchewan is not cleaning up its own mess, and yet this NDP member is blaming the negligence of the mining industry and others for those kinds of situations.
Finally, if the member bought a car and the bank loaned her the money, should the bank be liable if she were negligent and killed someone with the car? If so, I suggest she would never get that car.