Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot for his speech.
Unfortunately, I will be speaking in English because these are technical issues.
I may be the only member of Parliament who read the entire report of the United States transport safety inquiry into the Kalamazoo spill of 2010 in which it detailed gross negligence. Yes, modern pipeline companies have all sorts of alarms, bells and whistles, which we keep hearing about, that will alert control room staff when there is any possibility of a leak. One alarm from that spill rang for five full minutes, while Enbridge employees went around the control room shutting off the noise. The next shift came in and it was not warned there had been signs of a leak. That is when they pumped over 800,000 gallons of bitumen and diluent into the Kalamazoo River, which could never be cleaned up.
I wonder if my colleague has any further points to add on how this reputation of negligence has undermined Canada's case.