moved for leave to introduce Bill C-249, an act to prohibit the export of water by interbasin transfers.
Mr. Speaker, this bill is very timely. There is a great interest in the country in terms of bulk water exports and the bill is very specific.
There are various requests on various order papers, in a sense, of firms wishing to divert rivers into other basins in order to export water to the United States and northern Mexico. This bill would prohibit such interbasin transfers of water for export purposes.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)