Environment committee  Thank you very much. Thank you for all your presentations today. I'm filling in on the committee for Ed Fast. I passed on a hello from Julie, and he sent me a happy face back. I asked him if I could pass on a hello to everyone, and he said please do that, so Ed sends his regard

Environment committee  In 2012 you started doing the audits. You had a multi-year plan, doing about five a year, you were saying.

Environment committee  Right.

Environment committee  In 2015 they were bad, and in 2016 and 2017 they were even worse.

Environment committee  Why? Was it just the selection at the time, maybe?

Environment committee  It is a requirement, though, right? They should have been at 100%.

Environment committee  Good.

Environment committee  Oh, for sure.

Environment committee  That's good in this place. Not a lot of us say that much good about anything here.

Environment committee  I appreciate that. The organizations would have known that you were going to assess all 26, so that would probably have a real impact, or would they not have this time around—

Environment committee  I'll switch gears to the toxic substances. You talk about the communications side. To me that's really interesting. In the past when you've reviewed toxic substances, what have you said regarding the communications? It obviously hasn't been good in the past.

Environment committee  Okay.

Environment committee  How much time do I have, Mr. Chair?

Environment committee  Following up on that for a second, I have a 22-year-old son with autism, and I think about what families face. They're bombarded with the reality of a diagnosis. One thing that's very usual is well-meaning people who will come forward and say, “This has been shown to cause autism

Environment committee  I don't know what to say. I'm new to the committee. I find that to be an incredibly interesting line of questioning from a Liberal MP to a former Green Party candidate, basically asking for criticism of a Conservative Party position and then actually referencing it as a “helpful