Mr. Speaker, I want to acknowledge that within the resource industries, particularly mining, which affects a fair part of my riding, there is some satisfaction that there will be some benefit and some reduction here.
However, I want to touch on the hon. member's comment that from the environmental perspective, everything is fine. I would like to refer to the situation at Giant Mine when it closed down. Correct me if I am wrong, but was Indian and Northern Affairs Canada not left literally cleaning up the ground because the mine owners were not responsible? Could he reflect on whether or not it would be beneficial to have a community resource fund, a mining reserve fund or some type of fund in place to ensure there is environmental cleanup afterward?