Mr. Speaker, if I understood properly, the member for Champlain did not have enough time to present his whole case, if I may put it that way.
He concluded by using the expression insurance policy, which the parliamentary secretary used earlier when he said he was introducing this bill so that we would pass it and it would be our insurance policy.
I would like to know what the member thinks about this argument, since this is the first time that such a bill has been before the House. Never before, in the context of negotiations for the renewal of equalization formulas, has a government had to introduce a bill extending the existing agreements for an additional year because it has not been able to get results.