Mr. Speaker, the government tabled species at risk legislation yesterday and already it is being described as an environmental embarrassment.
When it comes to protecting animals or plants at risk, the government is putting politics ahead of protection. The minister could have and should have left it to scientists to decide which species would be protected. Instead, he left this life and death decision in the hands of the Liberal cabinet.
Will the minister commit to amending the bill so that scientists and not Liberal politicians will have the final word on species to be protected?