Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of the Environment.
The House will recall that on February 9 we passed a motion in this House calling for a national moratorium on bulk water exports and for legislation that would prohibit bulk water exports. Yet on an Environment Canada website under the section “A Primer on Fresh Water”, we find the following sentence for consumption by high school students and others who will be using this for educational materials: “Bulk water exports by ocean tanker await the development of foreign markets”.
What is going on? Does the motion that was passed in this House stand, or is Environment Canada—