Mr. Speaker, my hope was for a better question, and I got one. I thank the member for asking that question.
I met with the caisse populaire representatives in my office, here in Ottawa. They had specific concerns about this bill. The fact that they were not consulted was their major concern, and they wish to be consulted in the future. As the member said, credit unions are very important not only to eastern Canada but from coast to coast to coast. Caisses populaire and credit unions are co-ops run by the citizens of the communities.
If government wants to do a good job and have a good bill, it should consult at all times the constituents in all towns and cities that have credit unions.