Mr. Chair, unfortunately, once again the NDP amendment is inconsistent. It's inconsistent with other environmental legislation. My understanding is that the 10-year review of the enforcement provisions of the act is consistent with the review requirement which was added by the Environmental Enforcement Act to nine environmental statutes, including the International River Improvements Act.
If we were to make this amendment, we'd have a situation where the environmental provisions only of the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act and the International Rivers Improvements Act would be subject to a five-year review, but other aspects of those two statutes would be subject to a 10-year review. Then, of course, the Department of the Environment, which is responsible for doing that review, would have this one standing alone as an outlier with a five-year review period, and nine other statutes would have a 10-year review period.
It just doesn't make sense from a standpoint of consistency. If that's the NDP policy, they should bring forward some kind of private member's bill to amend all similar legislation to ensure there is a consistent review period. On that basis, I would suggest that the committee should oppose this amendment.