Mr. Speaker, that is a very good point. Canada building should be about sharing the wealth and honouring commitments made. Unfortunately, the Prime Minister of Canada takes this very lightly.
The truth is that members from all parts of Canada, all provinces and territories, are getting up and speaking about this level of fairness because what is good for one part of the country is good for the rest of the country. That is really what it is all about, sharing the wealth, is it not?
The issue back home, back home in the sense of Atlantic Canada, is that we do not enjoy that level of prosperity. This whole debate is about sharing that prosperity. We do not know when there will be the same types of discoveries made in the Bay of Fundy which might, for example, benefit P.E.I., or possibly New Brunswick, or the Northumberland Strait, but the fact is that we would expect the same type of treatment. That is why we are standing in this House in support of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador and telling the Government of Canada that, it is just as simple as that. We are asking the government to honour the promise and the commitment it made in the heat of an election campaign.
All I can say is that the Prime Minister's words are pretty empty. I believe the government had no desire to honour that commitment.