Mr. Speaker, one of Canada's most eminent ecologists and water experts, David Schindler, said last year that water quality had become another casualty of federalism. That would seem to be what happened to the Tory motion today, that it has become a casualty of federalism.
Does the Prime Minister not see that what is needed in the country at the moment and what there is a mandate for in parliament and across the country is national leadership on the establishment of national enforceable standards, not guidelines but standards? Will the Prime Minister show some leadership in this regard and say that he will lead Canada into a century of clean water?