Mr. Speaker, we have now reached the third reading stage of Bill C-32.
We are at this stage because the government has decided once again to put a gag on a bill, in order to push its interests ahead of any others, without any consideration for the arguments of the opposition parties.
It is very important to give an overview of the events leading up to Bill C-32. On December 15, 1995, the Liberal government proposed revising the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
The proposal by Sheila Copps, the minister of the environment at the time, was the government's response to the fifth report—