Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Ottawa South for his excellent speech.
He touched on the extremely important issue of how to manage water, a resource that is essential to human life and that the oil and nuclear industries use in massive quantities. From the start, the Conservatives have been ignoring environmental protection rules, including rules to protect water. If the oil and nuclear industries are to be made accountable, there has to be a water management plan.
The Fukushima incident in Japan, for example, contaminated water for miles around, affecting hundreds of thousands of people.
Can my colleague comment on the importance of managing water and the need to make the oil and nuclear industries that use this resource more accountable?