Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for his question.
Perhaps his own provincial minister in New Brunswick gave us a way to do it. He is urging members of Parliament's small parties to send the proposed new fisheries act to second reading. This has been re-echoed by the fisheries ministers from British Columbia, Yukon, Nunavut, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. They are basically saying the same thing as the member for Laurier—Sainte-Marie.
In my opinion, I say that we should get on with it, let it go to second reading and let the debate take place. It is time to put politics--