Mr. Speaker, all members of the House should applaud the vision and foresight of the hon. member for Davenport.
Last night he introduced the endangered species protection act which calls for the protection of all endangered species and their habitat in Canada. The bill calls for science based identification of species at risk and would make listing automatic. Recovery plans would be required and it would be an offence to harm, disturb or kill endangered species or their habitat.
Overwhelmingly Canadians want strong endangered species legislation. In the words of the hon. member for Davenport, “this is benchmark legislation for the government to emulate”.