Mr. Speaker, the minister claims that the people who advised him were the ones on the ground and who knew what type of legislation we should have.
Would that not be even more so for the people on the environment committee who spent 12 to 15 months of regular work on trying to redraft the bill because it was so weak. Do they not get any credit for their expertise? All political parties, including your own, Mr. Minister, sitting on the committee made substantial amendments.