Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We are all happy that Sable Island is becoming a park, but not because oil and gas exploration can be done, or that it could constitute a precedent. It is not that at all. It is a marvellous, unique and exceptional place, and that is why we want to protect it. Unfortunately, yes, there is oil and gas exploration. However, we do not want to make it a precedent that would allow oil and gas exploration elsewhere. That is the difference. We were never pleased or said we were happy about a precedent being established, nor about the fact that, from now on, a park could be created and there could be oil and gas exploration at the same time. We thought it would be better to have a park than nothing at all. It is very different.
That is why Kirsty Duncan asked several times if this bill would create a precedent. Several times, we were told that that would never be the case. No one here ever stated they intended to make it a precedent and repeat this type of situation several times.
We have here a small amendment that says absolutely nothing dangerous. I know you have a ruling to give on it, Mr. Chair, but frankly, there is nothing dangerous about it. It only specifies that it would not be a precedent. It explains that a park is a park, and an oil and gas exploration site is an oil and gas exploration site.
I would like to vote in favour of this amendment. I hope we will be able to vote on it.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.