Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague, who is a veteran member of this House from whom we can all learn. He is also knowledgeable about waste water.
I thank him for his question, because this gives me a chance to talk about a significant investment made in the latest budget. We invested $5 billion in waste water treatment across the country. I am sure members will recall what happened in municipalities across Canada. We can see how important investments in waste water treatment systems are to our society.
As a result of the previous government's budget cuts, we had to make a meaningful but prudent investment of $5 billion to enable municipalities to treat waste water in their communities.