Mr. Speaker, we heard the government today claim that it cares about pollution from the tar sands but let us look at the truth of the matter because what the government is saying does not amount to anything more than hot air.
Last week the Federal Court said that the environmental assessments being done of the tar sands were full of holes.
The Canadian ambassador to the United States wrote to the Americans and asked that the tar sands be exempted from American environmental controls.
Why is the government trying to weasel out from environmental controls both here in Canada and in the United States when it comes to the tar sands?