Mr. Speaker, the position of the Government of Canada could not be more clear.
We have been consistent with the commitment given by the Prime Minister during the last election campaign which was to participate fully in the B.C. Utilities Commission review which is now under way.
We will make available literally tens of thousands of pages of evidence, make available scientists and officials to appear and
give testimony. That is the position of the government. We will not prejudge the outcome of that testimony.
What I have said, what the government acknowledges and what has been acknowledged by the Government of British Columbia is that under the terms of the 1987 settlement agreement, terms with which the member opposite is very familiar, all parties are bound to this project.
That is what I have said. That is the policy of the Government of Canada and that remains the policy of the Government of Canada.