Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague very much.
He raised an interesting point in his speech, and that is that the Conservatives rejected all the proposed amendments and improvements, as they almost always do, yet those amendments did not come from us; they came from experts. They know a lot more about the subject than all the members here. I find it incomprehensible. Perhaps it is the arrogance of a majority government to reject all options, all information and all science, almost all the time, and this time, too.
That is why this bill is supported by New Democrats, but with some hesitation. The chance to improve an industry like this one comes around once a decade or so. Making such a tiny effort is not good for the public or for the economy.
Why does the government continually reject the opinions of experts and testimony by people who know the industry very well, instead of listening to a member of Parliament with a Conservative ideology?