Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank the witnesses for their testimony.
Mr. Irving, in making your presentation have you familiarized yourself with other federal environmental laws? Are you aware that many of the rights and opportunities accorded under Bill C-469 are already accorded under CEPA?
For example, section 22 provides for an environmental protection action. Section 39 provides for any individual to seek an injunction. Section 40 allows for any individual to seek an action for civil damages, which Bill C-469 doesn't. It precludes damages and simply seeks an order for restoration, and so forth. Section 17 of CEPA allows any resident--not citizen--to seek an investigation.
Are you seeking changes to those laws to take away those rights from CEPA as well?