Mr. Speaker, I would not be so sanguine if I were the minister because in the wake of the disaster in the gulf, we are seeing American legislators move very quickly to increase the liability to upwards of $1 billion in the case of these situations, but in Canada right now the liability falls somewhere between $10 million and $40 million, which is clearly inadequate.
The initial estimates of the cost to the U.S. on tourism is $3 billion and on fishing it is $2.5 billion.
Does the government agree with us that the limit of $40 million is inadequate?