Mr. Speaker, we see today why we have two opposing views and two different parties representing different values within the House of Commons. I will comment specifically on what my colleague from the Conservative Party said. Actually, I am really pleased that there is such a difference between our views on things.
He says it is important that we deal with the ethical issues of what the government is doing because of the unethical things it is doing, but if we are going to make a buck it is okay to take Canada pension dollars and invest in unethical practices. Let us take, for example, one of the companies that is being accused or that we are pretty sure received some dollars in an underhanded manner from the taxpayers of Canada. Does he think it is okay that pension fund dollars should then be invested in those companies? How ethical is that? Maybe that is what his principles and values are built on. Mine are a whole lot stronger.
He suggested that it is wrong to believe in investing in ethical funds. I would suggest that if we put this to a vote of Canadians, they would tell him wholeheartedly that they do not want to be part of that, that they do not invest in companies that use four year olds to make rugs. That is reality. This is not something the NDP has made up.
International labour groups around the world have specific guidelines that they work with. If the Conservatives could get their heads out of the sand and stop wanting profit at any cost, they could look at ways that we believe should happen where one can get the profit. We are not suggesting not making dollars off the pension plans. We just think there are better ways of doing it than ripping off young children, than ripping off women and children in the world who are abused and used just because of who they are, so that we have some values. I would suggest--