Mr. Speaker, we know that water is a provincial resource, but one of the main levers that the federal government has for protecting Canadian water bodies, for ensuring that they are not polluted, is the Fisheries Act. The Fisheries Act prohibits the deposit of deleterious substances into fish-bearing waters, and we know that all waters are essentially fish-bearing. We know that the Conservatives promise, if ever, God forbid, they get into power, to chop expenses like crazy.
Does the hon. member fear that they would take away the capacity of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to enforce the Fisheries Act and prevent pollution in this country?