Mr. Chair, because the Experimental Lakes Area has been providing public policy-makers in Canada and around the world with exceptional and unique research for over 40 years in areas such as aquaculture and freshwater ecosystems, and given the impending timeline in which the Department of Fisheries and Oceans will decide whether to remediate, shutter, or transfer the ELA to a third party, I move that the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans immediately study the ELA, the research done on site, its impact on public policy, and the potential consequence of closing, remediating, or transferring the ELA to a third party.
On October 16th, 2012. See this statement in context.