Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the hon. member about the so-called national water strategy that is mentioned in the budget.
Curiously, it is not a strategy. It is individual little bits of money for various cleanup sites, but the largest amount of money is going to purchase six large vessels, four for the Coast Guard and two scientific vessels. I notice that the strategy includes no national water standards and no ban on bulk water exports.
I also notice that missing among the cleanup sites is anything around the city of Toronto. My riding is a waterfront riding. We have beautiful beaches there. I have pictures of my parents swimming there as young people, but today those beaches are polluted and unusable all summer long.
Why has Toronto been excluded from the Great Lakes cleanup and why is the so-called national water strategy not really a strategy at all?