Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Deputy Prime Minister. On Wednesday, the Minister of Natural Resources announced that she intended to develop federal standards on sustainable forest management, with a view to introduce a national certification program for forest products.
Since forests are a strictly provincial field of jurisdiction, does the Deputy Prime Minister feel that such an initiative is legitimate without the agreement of all provinces? Does she not think that the provinces should, together, agree on common
standards for sustainable forest management, instead of the federal government getting involved?