What it would do is place an obligation on every person in Canada to protect the environment. This exposes individuals to a new level of liability. I believe it's Liberal window dressing, and again it creates a bad bill and makes it even worse. The amendment doesn't address how the right to an ecologically balanced environment—and again, we're not sure what that means; it depends on how the courts interpret that. So it doesn't address how it's balanced with competing interests such as economic and social goals, which is sustainable development. It focuses on one, not three, pillars of sustainability. So we will not be supporting that.
On February 10th, 2011. See this statement in context.