Mr. Speaker, I think the answer to that is obvious. Based on my speech today and the work my colleagues and I in the NDP have been doing over many years, we believe that access to safe water is a right as members of a civil society, a civilized nation.
The federal government has a responsibility to ensure that the food we eat, the drugs we must take for health reasons, the water we drink to survive, the air we breathe, the medical devices we must use, and the blood transfused must be safe beyond a reasonable doubt. The government should always act in terms of the precautionary principle, ensuring that no harm comes to Canadians through these vital essentials of life.