Mr. Speaker, a Superior Court judge had to suspend drilling off the coast of Cacouna.
In her decision, she criticized Quebec, which never received the scientific opinions that were requested from Fisheries and Oceans Canada's science branch. The scientists' inability to speak up resulted in the premature commencement of an oil company's operations with complete disregard for our environmental obligations.
Contrary to what the minister said, they are drilling in beluga habitat without knowing what beluga experts think of the undertaking.
Will the minister finally let the experts speak and will she provide the scientific opinions? This whole screw-up happened because of how her department is run. They are not fooling anyone.