Mr. Speaker, I want to respond very clearly that Liberals support a tanker ban and have done so for six months.
We welcome this debate today to allow other members to join with us and help not just British Columbians but all Canadians come to terms with making the right choice in that kind of trade-off in terms of reconciling sustainable development.
I think Canadians want to know where we are going in the future. I hope we can invite not just the government members but all members of the House to give Canadians some sense of strong assurance.
This debate should contribute to building a Canadian consensus that this is how we are going to look after the northwest coast of Canada.