Mr. Speaker, that does not make any sense. The Conservatives are not content to simply gut environmental protections and assessments. If they can, they will also undermine the activities of environmental organizations.
Because the government has stalled on giving the Réseau d'observation de mammifères marins its funding, it has become almost impossible for the organization to recruit the employees it needs to monitor the species at risk.
The Conservatives seem to think that if we simply do not monitor species at risk, then we will not have to worry about whether they go extinct.
Will the minister do something about this unacceptable administrative delay or will he stand idly by while these species go extinct?