Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Pontiac for his commitment to these important issues.
I want to start by thanking my colleagues from Saanich—Gulf Islands and Port Moody—Coquitlam for their hard work on these files.
Because these issues are so important, our government is taking leadership by supporting Senate amendments to Bill C-68 to include provisions to ban the captivity of whales and dolphins and prohibit shark finning in Canada.
Our government is firmly committed to the protection of biodiversity and the humane treatment of marine mammals and sharks.