I can go on then. I asked the minister another question concerning the ban on PCB exports to the United States. The minister said in this House that she was making representations to the EPA, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
A few days later, we received confirmation from the chair of the hearings on the PCB issue that the EPA had never heard from our environment minister on that issue, in spite of the invitation
extended by the EPA to the minister. Just smoke and mirrors once again, Madam Speaker.
Why is the minister saying such poppycock? Does she really think Canadians are that naive?
It is easy to see that environmental stakeholders are disenchanted with the minister's performance. She who was to be the great champion of the environment became the great speechmaker on the environment instead. As we say in Quebec, she is all talk and no action.
Bill C-94 follows this erroneous way of-