Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The point I was going to make is this: The Liberal government, throughout the entirety of the past nine years, has sought to cause division in Canada such that I've never seen before in my lifetime coming from any other government. Instead of promoting nation-building projects and trying to create cohesiveness across our country with those projects, the Prime Minister, in particular, has sought to divide Canadians on every single level, whether it's economically, culturally or geographically. He's sought to create division among Canadians, instead of creating unity. Often, this Prime Minister has said that the fact that we have diversity is our strength here in Canada. I want to unequivocally say that it's not diversity that is our strength. It's our unity that is the strength we have here in Canada. When we present things in such a fashion and take swipes at other provinces, it doesn't create unity. I think it creates more division. However, this seems to be a hallmark or characteristic of this Liberal government.
I think the information presented in the preamble.... I have issues with some of the wording in the actual motion, as well, but my issue is primarily with the preamble. I don't think it's necessary that it be there. We've heard from previous speakers that, in fact, it's recommended that preambles not be included in motions precisely for the reasons we're experiencing here at committee. It actually creates problems and points of debate. We're not even debating the motion itself. We're debating the preamble. Often, it's easiest just to remove it. There's been an unwillingness on the part of the Liberals' parliamentary secretary to do that.
In the absence of that, let's talk about the accuracy of the information she's providing in the preamble. She makes a comment in the very first bullet point about “abandoned and orphaned wells in Alberta”. Well, abandoned and orphaned are two different things. I don't know whether, on the other side of this committee room, individuals understand the difference between abandoned and orphaned wells. The comment later in that bullet point says that they're “polluting farmland, waterways, and air”.
The interesting thing is that it's just a comment made. One thing I've learned in my nine years as a parliamentarian is this: Just because a Liberal says something is so doesn't mean it is so. Just because the comment is made that—