Mr. Speaker, perhaps my colleague did not listen as closely as he claims because I stated very clearly in my speech that we are going to vote in favour of this bill at second reading.
With respect to the Liberal Party members from Quebec, I would like to point out that if the government were really listening to Quebeckers, it would not have used taxpayer money, which belongs in part to Quebeckers, to buy a 60-year-old pipeline for $4.5 billion. We would have wanted our voices heard. We would not be supporting an NDP motion or a motion by the member for Joliette to put an end to this situation because we never bothered to do anything about it.
I gave some very concrete examples of parts of the act that need to change, but none of that was done.
I have something to add before wrapping up. Saying that one guy voted against this and another voted against that is as misleading as it gets.
Personally, I will always be very proud to vote against budgets that do not do enough, that go no farther than consultations, or that set up programs the government will not be spending much money on until after the next election. We can go back and forth about nitpicky details, but what really interests me is the government's budget policy. When we believe it is destined to fail, we speak out against it.