Having been present and…

Having been present and listened to the Standing Committee sessions of recent and clearly understanding that the mandate given to the Minister of Mines, the Ring of Fire is the leading priority to accelerate the process of developing more mines. Many studies have been developed over the past few years. The Hudson Bay Lowlands, which is the second largest peatlands in the world, will be affected irrecoverably of carbon losses. It is estimated that the potential release could reach between 130Mt to 250Mt of carbon to the atmosphere. We will never meet our net zero emissions target if we allow the Ring of Fire project to move forward. I want to close this comment by repeating that accelerating the development of the Ring of Fire is the main reason for this Bill 71 and that it must not get approval.