Yes, with their Liberal allies the Conservatives got it through, Mr. Speaker, but the NDP stood and voted against it.
Last year the Conservatives and their faithful Liberal servants joined forces to scrap Canada's 100-year-old Navigable Waters Protection Act. This year, they are teaming up again and future generations will pay the price because meaningful environmental assessment will be a thing of the past.
Yesterday the Minister of the Environment stated that he was reducing environmental assessment because that is what everyone has been asking for.
If the minister truly believes that Canadians want less environmental protection, why does he not have the courage to remove environmental assessments from Bill C-9, the dumpster bill, and submit it to a vote?