Mr. Speaker, I do not really want to get into he said, she said and they did, we did. I want to ask a very simple question.
Every one of us in this room knows that water is recognized as a right by the international community.
I have very young children. I have grandchildren, too. Would I want them growing up in communities where there is not clean water? I would say, categorically, no.
It makes very little difference to me that these little steps are being taken because today we still have children living in deplorable conditions without access to safe drinking water.
Is the government ready to commit all the necessary resources to ensure every Canadian child has access to clean drinking water, which is an internationally recognized human right?