Madam Speaker, my colleague knows that I appreciate him. He also knows that I come from his riding, where there is a Garon Street in honour of my grandfather. I know that developing our resources is important to the people of Saguenay.
However, when we look at the Conservative agenda, it is clear that they want no environmental assessments. What we get from their speeches is that as soon as an environmental assessment prevents a project from going forward, instead of questioning the project itself or trying to improve it, they systematically question the assessment. As a result, this is now a party that will likely support a bill that guts a large number of existing environmental protections, both federal and provincial.
I would like my colleague to tell me the circumstances in which environmental assessments are valid. Are there cases where good projects cannot go ahead because of environmental assessments? Does he think that is legitimate?