Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question.
From what I heard, it seems that Mr. Norton is setting down “his conditions” to resolve the situation in British Columbia. One of those conditions, which is also one of the proposed solutions, is to have the RCMP withdraw. Obviously there is a connection between the two and the member was right to mention it.
This is a situation where we need to sit down and negotiate. We need to work together to find solutions, but I repeat that someone needs to take charge. In negotiations, the parties need to pull in a single direction to move forward the right way and that means someone needs to take charge.
Unfortunately, this government and the Prime Minister are not taking the initiative. At some point, they will have to take charge because my constituents are waiting for someone to resolve the situation.