Mr. Speaker, why is it so difficult to get the government to protect the environment, especially where the oil industry is concerned?
It took a two-year Liberal-initiated study to get the government to admit that it has a water problem in the oil sands; it took complaints by aboriginal leaders to get the government to dispatch officials to look at the mess at the Horizon tailings pond; and the government still has not set emission targets for the oil industry.
Why is it taking so long for the government to name a real, full-time environment minister?
Then again, at least a part-time minister can only do half the damage.