Mr. Speaker, I was very interested in the previous two presentations by the Bloc.
It is the considered opinion of everyone who I have talked to in my travels across Canada that the worst part of the legislation is that many of the groups that would be mobilized against the legislation need to know which areas are being targeted by the government. The government refuses to include the specifics on which areas it is considering for marine conservation protection under the heritage bill.
Would the member like to comment as to which areas are being specifically targeted in the legislation in terms of what the people in Quebec might know about the government's intention?
The bill was brought up in the first session of the last parliament. It has been around in various formats for a long time and objections to it have also have been around for a long time. The government has said it would have those specifics but we still do not have them. I know the member was here in the last parliament. Does he feel the circumstances have changed since the last parliament? Is he able to address this obvious bad piece of legislation, without any schedules attached that need to be there, in order to mobilize local groups to comment?