Thank you, Chair.
First of all, I'd like to point out that we heard from the witnesses. The bill has no plan, no substance. It's missing that, and therefore it's a meaningless bill. Also, the bill gives the government no authority to spend any money to have a plan of action, further evidence that it's an empty, hollow bill. Many of us have heard of greenwashing. This is a prime example of greenwashing.
Mr. Chairman, the NDP refused to cost the bill. They even failed to consult with constitutional experts before they wrote the bill. I'd like to refer to the testimony of the author of the bill. When Mr. Layton was here I asked him who prepared the bill, and he shared that Pembina was involved with the writing of the bill. And I asked him about costing the bill. The fact is, I asked every group of witnesses if it had been costed, and Mr. Layton said the bill should be costed. The fact is he said the government should be costing the bill. And he wasn't quite sure what the bill involved, because it was Pembina, he testified, that had—