Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the officials who have been working on this bill. This is a large bill, and it has already gone through the Senate. I know that you folks have been working really hard.
I have a number of questions. The first one is on the right to a healthy environment.
This is a historic and important development in Canada. It's one of the reasons it's so important that we get this right. We've heard from stakeholders. We've heard from a number of witnesses who appreciate the Senate's amendment that fixed some of the problematic language in the original formulation, but a similar change is needed to the requirements for the implementation framework.
I would love to hear your comments. In particular, this is what these witnesses are arguing: “The legislation should not presuppose that consideration of social, health, scientific and economic factors will always justify limiting the right.”