Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Natural Resources.
The panel appointed to review the lifting of the moratorium on oil and gas exploration off the west coast includes Roland Priddle, director of an oil and gas company doing offshore exploration overseas, and Don Scott, a former mayor who actively lobbied to lift the moratorium.
Last May the B.C. director general of Environment Canada warned that this panel would be seen as biased toward industry interests.
Why has the minister not fired this panel that is seen by British Columbians as totally biased and stacked in favour of lifting the moratorium and threatening our pristine B.C. waters?