Mr. Speaker, my colleague's question is a thoughtful one, and one that we put some work into before we actually drafted this motion.
I go back to SARA, the Species at Risk Act, and the fact that under species at risk, the federal government has an obligation to identify habitats that are needed for these species for their survival and their recovery. The federal government has the ability to step in if a province is failing to protect a species and its habitat. I would say that if a province is about to build an oil terminal in the middle of a beluga nursery, it is probably failing to protect the habitat.
I see this as a good motion for us to say that, no, this is not an acceptable project, and in fact the government does need to take action here.