Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives' irresponsibility also hits hard at home.
The government has only one long-term border testing site on the Athabasca River, 150 kilometres downstream of the tar sands. It was designed to monitor pulp and paper mills, not pollutants from the tar sands. Contamination and low water levels are limiting first nations to practise their traditional way of life.
When will the Conservatives regulate the tar sands? When will they protect the communities that depend on the Athabasca River?