Of course, Mr. Speaker. There is a potential ecological problem which goes back almost 25 years. I would like to remind the former Quebec minister, who had the environment portfolio at the time, that when the Irving Whale sank, she was in so-called international waters. The Liberal Party, under Mr. Trudeau, extended our jurisdiction to 100 nautical miles and thereby assumed responsibility for the wreck.
True, the minister reacted positively three months after she took over as Minister of the Environment. However, what the hon. member for Lachine-Lac-Saint-Louis does not say is that from 1970 to 1994, except for nine years of Conservative government and nine months under former Prime Minister Joe Clark, the environment portfolio was continuously held by the Liberals.