Certainly, assessing the environmental laws in each province is from my perspective a little bit more.
As the next area I'd like to talk about, there has been a sort of reference made to the missing and murdered indigenous women. I sat on a special committee for over a year. I read more than 70 different studies on that issue that had been formally done. We have recommendations. I acknowledge that the inquiry was ultimately supported by all parties, but then there was to be an action plan. This is something people have been asking for all along, an action plan. Of course, it has been delayed. It was supposed to be out last June. We're still waiting for an action plan.
What I worry about is what my colleague worries about. Instead of having something specific that is going to make a real difference, such as that participation will be X on this committee.... In British Columbia, one of the first nations had their own environmental assessment process as part of planning around a mine. Instead of doing something that actually is going to make a difference, however, what we have is “wait, dialogue, wait and see”. Some things should be very specific.
With regard to the example of murdered and missing indigenous women, you held that as a good example, but I still see no action plan, no action and there are horrific incidents still happening in our communities across the country. It certainly doesn't give me any relief that this bill would move us in a positive direction.