Mr. Speaker, I would give the member credit. He sure does have those talking points from the Prime Minister's Office down pat. I will give him full credit for that.
My question is related to a lost opportunity. The government was in a wonderful position where it had substantial support outside of the House and inside the House to move forward. A number of amendments were brought forward that would have provided more strength to the legislation, that would have had a broader appeal, particularly to many of the stakeholders, the shippers, the people the hon. member says are generating the jobs.
We do recognize the valuable role in job creation and how they generate the jobs for our economy, there is no doubt about that.
My question to the member is, and he should put the speaking notes aside for now, why does he feel that his government put a pass on improving the legislation, which would have given more strength to the legislation and which would allow for an even fairer playing field for our shippers from coast to coast to coast?