Mr. Speaker, I understand the member's concerns and I share many concerns with regard to the environment. However, this bill deals with taxation.
The fact is that his New Democratic friends in the province of Saskatchewan, where the oil and gas and the potash industries are, will benefit from this. His NDP cousins in the province of Saskatchewan support this legislation. The working people in Saskatchewan, many of them in these industries, will benefit because of this legislation. Here an NDP member is standing up and saying we should scrap the bill.
The member talked about the environment. In fact, this bill will assist. As I said this will put the non-renewable energy sector on the same plane as others. The fact is we are doing lots with regard to the environment but this is not the forum, I would say with due respect to the member, as this bill deals with taxation issues which are going to put our mining companies and our oil and gas companies on an equal footing.
I point out to him that with respect to the Kyoto commitment, the oil sands industry will be called upon to make significant contributions to a 55 megatonne emission reduction target through the large industrial emitters program. It goes on. He knows about the $2 billion commitment of the government on Kyoto, et cetera.
The reality is let us not mix apples with oranges. This is a taxation bill. It is going to benefit provinces like Saskatchewan. I assume that he has not talked to his colleagues in the province of Saskatchewan because they support this bill and so do other provinces. I talked about that before. I would like the member to comment on that.