I'm going to respectfully disagree a little bit, Mr. Tilson, on the part that it comes under the realm of this bill, and I'll try and explain why.
When and if this quarry application goes forward, if at some point they're removing groundwater--which I hear they are--they will have to apply under the Ministry of the Environment for water-taking or whatever. If one of the scenarios is to load it on train cars and ship it out of the country, and to be honest with you, I think that's far-fetched but anything is possible, in the event that it comes through there, again it would have to go through that provincial process. But I can assure you that if that proposal was coming forth, I would be screaming bloody murder, even though I'm in the riding adjacent to yours, and I'm quite sure that MP David Tilson would be, as would many other members.
Some time in the last 10 or 12 years, there was a proposal for ships from Saudi Arabia to come over, basically go up into one of the Great Lakes, probably Lake Ontario, load up with bulk water and then take it back to Saudi Arabia. There was a public outcry from the public and elected people, both provincially and federally, which put a stop to that. To be honest with you, I cannot see that scenario ever being successful. You can never stop somebody from trying to do it or asking for it, but I think I know you well enough to know that you'd be one of the first ones to stand up, and I'd be with you on it. I simply don't see it happening.