I am going to support that, because I think there needs to be a little more thought put into it.
As Mr. Calkins said, this comes out of a recommendation from Dr. Boyd, who is looking at legislation from other jurisdictions. But if you look at Canadian jurisdictions, what the Northwest Territories has put in is the right to protect the environment and maintain the public trust, which I think delivers more of what Mr. Kennedy is trying to do.
I agree that it should be stood, because I think we need to take a look at it. He was suggesting that he would like to stand it and perhaps later make changes to the preamble. But the preamble already states, “Whereas Canadians have an individual and collective responsibility to protect the environment of Canada for the benefit of present and future generations;” and “Whereas Canadians want to assume full responsibility”.
I'm not totally against it, but I don't like the idea of a mandatory obligation when there are no repercussions or penalties. But I'm willing to discuss this further with Mr. Kennedy, and I think a number of us would like to stand this one and have the chance to talk it through.