Madam Speaker, while waiting for this sovereign country, I was listening very intently to my colleague, for whom I have great respect.
I would like to ask her where in the bill it says that the situation will be different from the establishment of the Saguenay—St. Lawrence marine park. From what I read very clearly in this bill, if a province has jurisdiction on the seabed, for example, which is the case that she referred to, no marine area may be established without a formal agreement between the federal government and the provincial government. This is the first point.
Second, the member said that several departments are involved, as if this was a great deficiency in this bill. When I was in the environment department, in Quebec, we used to establish coastal policies. We had to get the approval of the municipal affairs department. We had to get the approval of the agriculture department. There were always other departments involved. This is not new. Departments have sometimes conflicting activities. They must always come to an agreement, and some agreements must involve some departments.
Third, is the member aware of the case of Lake Superior? Does she know about the case of Bonavista? The consultations were so extensive in the case of Lake Superior—this is coming from the grassroots—that there might be a conservation area. As for Bonavista, there was no consensus, so there was no marine area.
Why would this be different in the future? How would this be different from the situation for Lake Superior, the Saguenay or Bonavista?