Mr. Speaker, I was at another conference this weekend, a conference calling on the federal government to bring in a national water strategy.
The Minister of the Environment is blowing with the wind. In its 2008 throne speech, the Conservative government promised to introduce a bill to prohibit major water diversions. The current provincial policies were already in place at the time, so the minister cannot use those policies as an excuse for his government's flip-flop.
Why is the Conservative government refusing to protect the national interest?