I would have to ask members of the committee to rethink the way this is being framed. I know there was a lot of talk about red tape, and I recognize that there are infrastructure projects that need to go forward, but I'd ask you to think about what we're trying to protect here, and that's water. It's people's drinking water. It's the source of people's livelihood. If people can't fish...there are a lot of communities that rely on that for their jobs. It's also needed for watersheds and people's drinking water.
I think it's quite important to take our time and to make sure projects aren't going to negatively impact waterways. If we hold up pipelines, a potential spill, such as we saw with the Husky oil spill in Saskatchewan, which directly affected.... We knew people in those communities who weren't able to drink their water for a number of days.
I would ask members of the committee to really rethink that. We need some of these safeguards, and we need to take our time to make sure projects aren't going to be impacting people's drinking water.