Just to be clear, the paragraph that we're deleting is the explicit mention of respecting ambient air quality. I will quote David Boyd again, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, who said, “Health Canada estimates that air pollution kills over 15,000 Canadians each year...and inflicts over $120 billion in socio-economic costs on the Canadian economy”, staggering figures that should prompt swift and immediate action from any government.
I am concerned that the government not only voted down the last amendment, which explicitly mentioned air quality, but now, in this very supportable and strong amendment that's been put forward by the Bloc, it is again attempting to strip any mention of air quality from the bill.