Mr. Speaker, usually countries try to take care of their own environment. They do not outsource it.
The Conservatives claim that the cuts will not affect monitoring, but they are already being contradicted by our own environment department. Environment Canada's website confirms that the work done by the smokestack pollution team includes enforcement and compliance. Clearly, the minister who just spoke does not even know what programs are being cut.
Why do the Conservatives not realize what is going on in their own environment department? Are they too busy debunking the theories about environment and volcanoes?