But the point was made by Mr. Harvey that we have until the end of February. It was the decision of the committee—and I respect that, which was the point I was bringing out—that they are going to do it within that timeframe.
Originally the proposal from the Liberals was that we do it I think the following week, but at the suggestion of Mr. Bigras, we sped it up another week. So in the spirit of cooperation, we agreed.
My motion then addresses, is CEPA still a priority? Absolutely it is to the government. Is it a priority to the members across? I hope so. What Mr. Harvey said is that we are willing to work harder. We are willing to work as hard as necessary to keep the CEPA review going, and that's the motion before us. Do the other members support having the CEPA review continue on? And it's basically black and white. We do, and we hope CEPA is a priority. Now I'll be disappointed if they show by not supporting this that CEPA is not important.
But, Mr. Chair, it is a legislative requirement. It deals with toxins and the health of Canadians, and for them to be turning their back against the pollution.... Canadians are dying prematurely because of illnesses due to toxic substances in our environment. We need to deal with it; it's a priority.
We heard from the David Suzuki Foundation. They wrote a paper saying it's one of the biggest crises facing Canada right now—greenhouse gas emissions and pollution, and basically we're at a crossroads. We were told by the commissioner that we're at a crossroads. Is CEPA...are toxic substances in our environment important? Right now we're at a crossroads, and this motion says you support dealing with the issue. Do you support dealing with the crisis or not? This side does, and we will work as hard as necessary to deal with that issue.