Mr. Speaker, as an evidence of openness, it is I, first of all, who informed the member for Frontenac about the Irving Whale problem.
The first thing I did as a minister was to tell all the critics from all the political parties what my priorities were. It is I who informed the member opposite that, 20 years ago, the Irving Whale cracked and that I was trying to make it a priority of refloating the boat.
We must compare this action with the one that was taken by the leader of the opposition, who was himself the minister of Environment for almost two years. I come here and after only 100 days, I have the plan ready to start, not because we had movements from the Opposition, but because the member for Îles-de-la-Madeleine, directly, and the member of Prince Edward Island worked in consultation and in conjunction with myself, the minister.
I take my responsibilities seriously.
The hon. member talks about transparency and openness. His own leader was Minister of the Environment for almost two years and did not even answer the letters of the fishermen who wrote to him from Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
The fishermen, seeing a time bomb, wrote to him. He did not care to reply to their letter.
I think that we have a plan. We are working very hard and there were even meetings last Monday. Meetings are planned in the riding. The member of Parliament in the riding is the one who has the real power. He already had access to the meetings that will take place on March 2 and 3, both in Prince Edward Island and Îles-de-la-Madeleine and, after that, you will see that we will get results. In 100 days, the Liberal government can solve a problem that has been dragging on for 20 years. That is real power.