Mr. Speaker, the Minister of the Environment has been reassuring the House that the government will be protecting our freshwater resources from becoming a tradable good.
The proposed voluntary ban of bulk exports has been denied by some provinces. Newfoundland and other jurisdictions do not fall under the IJC mandate. Canadians demand that the government protect, preserve and conserve our waters.
Will the minister commit today to a national water act that will ban the wholesale export of our freshwater in this country?