Mr. Speaker, I hear that the Minister of the Environment has also been to the U.S. to smile for the cameras.
The U.S. is refusing to pay the required $500 million in compensation for the clean-up but the deal it offers is for Canada to get a mere $100 million spread over 10 years if Canada agrees to purchase U.S. military hardware. Such a deal.
Is the Minister of the Environment also going to embarrass Canada just like the Prime Minister did? Will he defend his polluter
pay principle? Will the government respond to the report of the auditor general and clean up toxic dumps? Will he get the American polluters of these sites to pay their appropriate share?