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The Green MP had the the final question this afternoon and rose with the following.

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a genuine concern and I hope the Prime Minister can allay my fears. I have heard, from credible sources within the government, that there is a proposal to eliminate Environment Canada by merging it with Natural Resources Canada. If it had not been from credible sources, I would not be putting this question to him. I would like assurances that no such plan is under consideration.

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Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says senior sources who would lose their jobs if they went public have told her that the Conservative government is planning to eliminate the federal environment department and merge any remaining functions with Natural Resources Canada. The government categorically denied the suggestion.

Ms. May asked the government about the rumour at the end of the daily Question Period on Tuesday. “If it had not been from credible sources, I would not be putting this question to you,” she told the Commons. “I would like assurances that no such plan is under consideration.”

But if Ms. May was hoping to hear that her sources were mistaken, her fears were not allayed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. “I would be delighted to meet any of these credible sources and to correct any misinformation that may have been given the honourable member,” was Mr. Harper’s brief reply.

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Elizabeth May had a surprise for everyone at the very end of question period Tuesday.

“I rise today with a genuine concern and I hope the prime minister can allay my fears,” she began. “I have heard from credible sources within the government that there is a proposal to eliminate Environment Canada by merging it with Natural Resources Canada.”

It was quite the bomb to drop on MPs who, as they usually do near that time of day, were packing their belongings to flee toward the exits.

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If it had not been from credible sources, I would not be putting this question to him. I would like assurances that no such plan is under consideration.

Right Hon. Stephen Harper: Mr. Speaker, I would be delighted to meet any of these credible sources to correct any misinformation they may be giving the hon. member.

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