Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This is identical, word for word, to a motion that was moved when I was in an environment meeting on, I believe, November 28 by Mr. van Koeverden. I still don't think that this is necessarily within complete federal jurisdiction. I think, given the fact that the federal government has lost a couple of court cases recently to the Government of Alberta, that this is perhaps not the best way of building those relationships. It at least has some semblance of making sense in the environment committee.
When I was told that this was being discussed at public accounts, I was absolutely flabbergasted. I am having a very hard time understanding how this could even get to a space where this is something that public accounts has decided, "Well, environment hasn't ruled on this fast enough, so let's bring this to public accounts."
I'm very much at a loss for words. I believe that it is absolutely inappropriate for this to be at this committee. I would urge members to vote against this. I think that this is something that needs to be dealt with, if even dealt with at the federal level, at the environment committee. Frankly, I believe that this should be dealt with by the Government of Alberta in one of their committees.