David McGuinty at the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee

On March 10th, 2008. See this statement in context.

March 10th, 2008 / 4:35 p.m.

Liberal

David McGuinty Liberal Ottawa South, ON

This committee voted in the last Parliament--as you know, it's a sensitive and delicate issue--to make fully independent the Office of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development . You've just alluded to new tools open to you as the commissioner.

Is the act going to impose upon you new responsibilities, even though we have removed from the original draft the whole question of the independence of the commissioner?

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