Mr. Chair, in speaking to the amendment and the clause itself, subclause 3(3) begins:
The strategy must include (a) a study that includes (i) an examination of a link between race, socio-economic status and environmental risk,
I wish it was just environmental risk and socio-economic status, for reasons that both Madam Pauzé and I have previously iterated here.
In paragraph 3(3)(b) it continues:
measures that can be taken to advance environmental justice and assess, prevent and address environmental racism...that may include
We say “The strategy must include measures that may include possible amendments to federal laws, policies and programs”—the entirety of laws and programs—“the involvement of community groups in environmental policy-making”—any community group in these policy-makings—and, of course, “compensation for individuals or communities” for what that may entail at the end of the day. This is determined by whom? Is there a body that's going to determine this, or can it be courts that determine this at the end of the day, what that quantum is going to be? Of course, that will require a big budget item if we're talking about making a balance for historical inequities that have been here for many communities across Canada for a long period of time.
If there is some clarification on that in relation to the amendment, I think it would be constructive as well.