Since I have been a member of this committee, I have felt that a better understanding absolutely must be established between the municipal, provincial and federal levels. We are seeing that with the Charbonneau commission in Laval. I do not always watch the hearings, but I know very well, having grown up there, that those lands were considered as having no monetary value. The promoters close to the people in power bought them and developed them. So, unless I am mistaken, they were also compensated. That is not a joke.
Can you tell us what the situation is in Laval? Can anything be done to prevent a municipality, whether it be Laval or another one, from allowing the friends of the people in power to buy wetlands, and thus to avoid a repeat of the situation?