Mr. Chair, in the last Parliament, when I was the chair of the Standing Committee on Environment, I was proud of the work that we undertook in studying the oil sands. We looked at the amount of work that was taking place in monitoring the oil sands and the possible contamination of the Athabasca River and surrounding area and the impact on downstream communities. I am quite concerned about some of the comments that have been made by the leader of the NDP over the last week or so.
What is the parliamentary secretary's take on the comments made by the leader of the NDP, calling the oil sands a disease that was going to hurt Ontario and eastern Canada.