Environment committee  I'll speak to that, and of course that does summarize our view. One time many years ago I was in a parliamentary committee, and one of the members of Parliament spoke exactly to this issue of the unanimity of legislation. He called it—he was making an extreme point for the purpo

Environment committee  I think that's an extremely good point, and I can hear Johan wanting to get into this conversation. I'm not a lawyer, and I can't comment on the difference between a civil action in the federal House and the common law. There is certainly a jurisdictional issue this committee w

Environment committee  I'm not in a position to comment on how the civil actions work within the provinces, but I am aware they do exist in a number of provinces. It begs the question of whether or not you would need a federal statute on top of that to allow additional layers of citizen involvement.

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