Minister, not only the Bloc Quebecois, but also many other organizations think that this right will have a great deal less weight if it’s included in the preamble. Furthermore, in a 1991 study, the Library of Parliament proposed an idea to make this right quasi-constitutional. Ms. Paule Halley, an environmental law expert, also raised this idea more specifically, suggesting that this right have quasi-constitutional scope. However, Bill S‑5 proposes a different approach.
Don’t you think that it would have been much more worthwhile for the public to have a meaningful right to a healthy environment?