Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Alfred-Pellan for her very good question.
It is hard for us to understand why the government will not expand the scope of the bill to ensure that we are protecting our coasts and coming up with tangible measures.
I get the impression that the government does not want us to see all the negative things it is doing that go against protecting the environment and the public from these spills.
My colleague is absolutely right. Some very reasonable amendments have been proposed to ensure that taxpayers are not on the hook at the end of the day. Unfortunately, the Conservatives rejected our amendment, in favour of the oil companies.