Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives’ irresponsible cuts go even further than that. They are also scuttling Environment Canada’s group for monitoring smokestacks and thereby eliminating our ability to measure industrial emissions. This interferes with our efforts to control pollution and, in addition, jeopardizes the health of the entire population of Canada.
Does the minister understand that slashing the monitoring of polluting emissions does not reduce atmospheric emissions?
Why is the minister taking an axe to the important scientific work done by his department and closing his eyes to industrial pollution?