Mr. Speaker, members opposite must be getting dizzy from all the spin around their talking points on the Navigable Waters Protection Act.
First, they claimed that the changes had nothing to do with environment. They were just reducing red tape for cottagers. However, even Conservatives knew that this law actually did have a role in environmental protection, although they did try to deny it by rewriting websites and history.
Yesterday, the Minister of Finance changed his tune again and said that these changes were actually about austerity.
What is the real answer here? Why is the government gutting environmental protection from this bill?