Madam Speaker, I enjoy serving with the hon. member on environment committee. I always welcome her comments and expertise.
I would like to talk about something that has not been talked about much and that is the environment itself.
Is the member aware that the Canadian environmental sustainability indicators program assessed water quality in 157 countries? Canada came in 9th out of 157 countries. We are ahead of countries like Japan, France, Russia, Italy, UK, Germany, U.S.A. and Australia. This was a 2010 report done under the Conservative government's watch.
Similarly, the 2011 national pollutant lease inventory report showed again, under the government's watch, that SO2 emissions were 2000 kilotons in 2006 and they went down below 1500 kilotons in 2009. These are clear and specific environmental results of the government.
Does the member think looking at the environment itself and what is going on out there is important as opposed to just focusing on process?