To clarify again, Mr. Chair, my friends in the opposition don't seem to understand the concept of the Canadian Constitution and the division of powers between the federal government and the provincial governments. We've seen this in other things we've done in our committee. They seem to want to duplicate or triplicate every law in Canada.
What the definition of “bulk removal” says is that the only exception is the taking of a manufactured product. That is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the provinces, according to the Canadian Constitution. Maybe Mr. Julian could take a look at that. As he knows, every province and territory regulates, under their environmental legislation, the use of water for any manufacturing process, and for many other purposes as well.
Therefore, there's no loophole here whatsoever. The 50,000-litre figure is a maximum amount for things other than for manufactured products, like bottling of water, bottling of soft drinks, bottling of beer, etc., and anything that falls under commercial use is in the purview of the province, according to the Constitution of Canada. That's simply the division of powers in the Constitution.
I'll leave it to my colleague, Mr. Tilson.