The government whip just reminded me that I have only 10 minutes and that I should move along. Of course.
The members of the Bloc Quebecois want to reiterate that, although we are against the bill—we have our reasons, and our colleague, the member for Rimouski—Mitis, expressed our party's position clearly—we want no misunderstanding, no misleading statements—we know that our neighbours opposite make such claims regularly—to the effect that the Bloc Quebecois is against protection of the environment. Absolutely not.
The Bloc Quebecois reaffirms its position. It is a clear one. We are in favour of measures to protect the environment.
Why then are we against this bill? We feel that the bill is not based on dialogue, as was the case with the Saguenay—St. Lawrence marine park. My colleague, the member for Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, pointed out quite rightly that there had been dialogue in that case.
Allow me to digress briefly to say a few words about this dialogue. I am pleased to see that, in spite of the Canadian heritage minister's intransigent attitude and proverbial arrogance, it is the government led by Lucien Bouchard and the Parti Québécois that signed the documents establishing the Saguenay—St. Lawrence marine park.