I support the premise of Bill C-469, but I have concerns with Ms. Duncan's fifth point, the judicial remedies. I was particularly concerned with the legal implications and the civil litigation impact contained within the bill.
Therefore, seeing the good progress we've made in working together on the Species at Risk Act over the past couple of meetings, I believe that we should work on SARA on Mondays and continue with Bill C-469 on Wednesdays, seeing as now we're looking at the possibility of opening the door for nuisance lawsuits potentially overriding provincial rights, and now we've brought in the carbon tax implications. So I think it's going to take several meetings to get through Ms. Duncan's bill.
I think all of us have had meetings with NGOs that are encouraging us to continue with SARA and speed it up. I think we're working very well together on pushing SARA through. I think it's a very reasonable request, a very reasonable motion, that we work on SARA on Mondays and work on Bill C-469 on Wednesdays.