Mr. Speaker, one of the prime reasons we have extended the infrastructure program and pushed $200 million of work into the future is the very sensitive issue of environmental assessment. I am sure there is no member in the House of Commons who would wish us to ignore environmental assessments and to push projects through without their being properly evaluated. As these projects are properly evaluated, they will come onstream as originally planned.
In the House of Commons on March 3rd, 1995. See this statement in context.