Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, witnesses.
Mr. Drexhage, if I could start with you for a second, I want to confirm something and I only have five minutes. You could help me with a yes or a no.
I understand that we're not meeting our targets in Canada now under Kyoto. We're also not meeting our reporting requirements under Kyoto.
It appears that in the new government's “Moving Forward on Climate Change” report, it states that the associated federal investments by our country were envisioned to be in the range of $10 billion, over seven years. In fact, what the government has done is restate our government's previous green plan. But we've now discovered those numbers have in fact gone forward, even though the government cut $5.6 billion off the program.
The second point I want to put to you is this. Not only are we not meeting our reporting requirements, but internationally we have knowingly misrepresented what we're doing in the country.
Third, we heard from the Minister of the Environment last week. To quote him: “We're not looking at participating in an international carbon market.” Apparently, we're now not going to use Kyoto mechanisms like the CDM and joint implementation.
On all three fronts, we are in breach of Kyoto. Are there any other ways that we're in breach of our international obligations under Kyoto?