Mr. Speaker, I do not wish to be unclear at all. I am very clear that we are against bulk exports.
I have seen the whole subject of freshwater change dramatically. In Atlantic Canada we are considered a pristine part of the world. We have a lot of freshwater resources, but even there we have places where our freshwater is now at risk and our water is contaminated. Over the last 12 months, for the first time in history, I have had three areas of my riding which have reported back with contaminated water.
We have to take steps now to address the issue because it will get worse. I mentioned earlier that I listened to a long program on CBC Prince Edward Island the other day. Agriculture in Prince Edward Island would have to change its practices and cut food production dramatically because the result of the increased food production would be contaminated water and less water.
It is a very serious issue. We cannot take any chances. In many of these trade agreements, if we start to deliver a resource and it becomes a commodity we are locked into that delivery. If in the future our resources decline we cannot cut back on those exports and we cannot cut back on supplying foreign countries this product.
Once we establish a pattern we have to maintain it. We cannot get into this subject at all, especially on P.E.I., where the water has been contaminated and the farmers there are cutting back. They are required to do so. I wanted to point that out to the member from Prince Edward Island who is making interventions and trying to help me make my point.