Mr. Speaker, having been elected not quite a year ago I cannot speak to the specifics of what the hon. member has said.
Let me lay out some general principles that I do deal with on environmental legislation and why I support it. I am talking about environmental legislation that would improve people's health.
Environmental pollutants, which get into the atmosphere and damage other people's water, land, health, et cetera, are, in principle, a violation of a person's inalienable rights to private property and rights to the person. That is why I as a Conservative, for philosophical reasons, will support the rule of law being applied on environmental issues to protect people's health and so forth.
As to the specifics of what the member is speaking to, I really cannot comment, not being in the House during that period.