Mr. Speaker, I am intrigued that the Conservatives are portraying their motion and the course that they want to take today as a vision for a Canadian sovereignty act.
Personally, I have always believed that sovereignty means passing laws, collecting taxes, and signing treaties with other nations. However, when we look at what the Conservatives are actually proposing in their motion, which indirectly lays out their definition of sovereignty, all that we really see is the elimination of environmental measures and the introduction of measures that promote oil and gas development.
This raises a question in my mind that I would like to ask my colleague. As the Conservatives see it, does sovereignty not necessarily mean Canadian sovereignty, or are they confused about the difference between sovereignty and oil? Is some education needed?