Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Mr. Miller, for being here today and for bringing forward what I think is a very important bill that all Canadians support.
I think Mr. Julian was just about to point out that there is a limitation on the amount of water, which is in paragraph 3(2)(b) of the definition of bulk removal. It limits it to 50,000 litres of water “taken outside the water basin per day”. I also think the committee needs to remember and understand that the use of water in any province or territory of Canada is regulated by the provinces and territories under their environmental protection legislation. Any manufacturer, whether it's a bottler of soft drinks or a brewer of beer, etc., needs a licence from the appropriate provincial or territorial agency to use as much water as they're going to use in that process. They apply for licences, and the licences specify the amount of water they're going to use on an annual basis.
That's the purview of the provinces and territories. It is regulated, in my understanding, in every province and territory of Canada.