Mr. Speaker, despite his late arrival, I congratulate my colleague, the member for Terrebonne, on his speech. As we say on the Beaupré coast, he landed on his feet.
I quote from an article under the heading "Oil covered young hooded seal found alive in Madgalen Islands", published Thursday, December 8 in Le Soleil from Quebec City, because a few minutes ago, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment bragged that his government acted quickly to refloat the Irving Whale . I quote Le Soleil : ``Olivier, the veterinarian, mentioned the barge Irving Whale whose vents leak oil and which the federal Minister of the Environment refused to plug, saying that the leaks did not have much impact on the environment''. I would like to know what my colleague from Terrebonne thinks of that.