Environment committee  I offer my comments to the committee not as an expert on provincial law. I've had occasion to read the provincial statutes that we've been discussing, including statutes from the Yukon and the Northwest Territories, so I very much offer my comments in that context. I hope they an

Environment committee  Again, I think we're getting into too much of a value judgment to ask me to say whether this bill is limitless or not.

Environment committee  Thank you. It's a fair question. Both Bill C-469 and the Canadian Bill of Rights would include this right to a healthy and ecologically balanced environment. My point was that there's some subject matter overlap there.

Environment committee  I would simply say that on the face of it, you're correct. If I understand your comment, that's a limitation you don't find in clause 9. It is in the Environment Quality Act and, as you probably know, it's in Quebec's Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms as well.

Environment committee  Yes, I think there is some overlap in the sense that the Canadian Bill of Rights now imposes an obligation on the Minister of Justice to examine the consistency of both government bills and regulations with the Canadian Bill of Rights. Now, if this bill passes with the amendmen

Environment committee  I would have to say no, just because that right is not currently included in the bill of rights.