Mr. Speaker, May 31 to June 6 has been designated World Environment Week. This is an opportunity for all Canadians to reflect on the beauty of our nation with all its forests, mountains, rivers and lakes, a landscape that defines a country. It is also a time when Canadians hope the Prime Minister will for once reflect on his poor environmental record and reconsider the importance his government gives to this portfolio.
I urge the government to tackle the problems reported by the commissioner of the environment and by the environment committee during the past few weeks.
This government has no plan to protect Canada's biodiversity. It has no viable plan to address climate change and it is failing to enforce its own environmental assessment guidelines.
I also urge the government to revisit its cuts to the department which will hamper our ability to meet our environmental commitments both at home and abroad.
This government must recognize that reducing the size of the environmental budget has a direct impact on the Canada we will leave to future generations.