Mr. Speaker, I rise today under Standing Order 31 to praise and thank the extraordinary volunteer efforts of conservation organizations within Saanich—Gulf Islands, and in particular, the Peninsula Streams Society and the Saanich Inlet Protection Society.
I want to speak particularly to the testimony given on behalf of Friends of Shoal Harbour by Bob Peart just this last Monday, October 28, to our fisheries committee. It is very clear evidence. It needs to be said out loud and with urgency that, as Mr. Peart said, “Our harbours are filled with derelict and abandoned boats. The situation is [totally] out of control”. The solutions are in his testimony: The government needs to enforce existing acts; we need to deal with the mess left by Harper on the treatment of buoys as minor works.
We can act and protect the Salish Sea. The government just needs to do its job.