Mr. Chair, the answer is quite simple. Every once in a while one of the opposition members asks this question. The answer never changes. Water is not a commodity. Water is not traded across the border. It was not traded by the previous government and it will not be traded by this government.
Further to that, the regulations in the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act prohibit the bulk removal of boundary waters from their water basins for any reason.
The opposition parties can continue to ask this question, but the answer will remain the same.