Environment committee  I'll move on to my next topic, because I'm limited on time. It's regarding the substances that are being manufactured outside of Canada, being imported into Canada, and being used in Canada by Canadian purchasers. Mr. Smith, in your report you said people who use computers--

Environment committee  I have a garment bag I picked up my clothes in. There are fumes coming off it. I'm not sure what they are, and I don't know if it was manufactured in Canada or overseas; I don't know where it came from. We are using products that are imported into Canada. Do they meet the CEPA

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to start off with a comment to Mr. Smith. I found your toxic reports very interesting. I'm from British Columbia. Robert Bateman is very popular in the art world, as you know, and he lives in an area of Canada that you'd expect the chemicals in hi

Environment committee  Then without using the term “93%”, in the Great Lakes area do we have substantially more pollution from Canadian industry than from the U.S.?

Environment committee  On a point of order, Mr. Chairman, we do not have translation.

Environment committee  Yes, it is, thank you.

Trent-Severn Waterway  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour for me to speak today to Motion No.161 introduced by the hon. member for Simcoe North. I want to thank him for his work on this important issue on the future of the Trent-Severn Waterway. The waterway has a special meaning for all Canadians. Its full

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, it is a good question and, as we have said many times in the House, we are developing a plan that is going to be effective and realistic. I do not expect any support on plan building with the Liberals. For 13 years, they did absolutely nothing. However, we ask every

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is quite right. The Liberals did absolutely nothing for the last 13 years. On Wednesday, the environment minister announced the plan to prevent the release of 10 tonnes of mercury over the next 10 years. Both Environmental Defence Canada and the Cle

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, this government is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We know the Liberal plan did not work so why would that member be supporting a Liberal plan that does not work? We are committed to effective plans that work.

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister and the environment minister have made it very clear that this is a made in Canada plan that affects all provinces, all territories and the international partnership. We will have a made in Canada plan that is effective in all provinces.

Environment committee  I'm way over time now, aren't I?

Environment committee  We have the precautionary principle. We're hearing that we're not using it and CEPA. How is it being implemented with industry? We've had the example of mercury. As just a general overview, how are we using the precautionary principle as we deal with chemicals and substances?

Environment committee  How much time do I have?

Environment committee  Well, there you go. Back to all three presenters, do you support the precautionary principle within CEPA and its present wording, which came from Rio? Do you support it being part of CEPA? My understanding is that you do, but it's just a matter of using CEPA. We've heard there's