Mr. Speaker, in its first red book, the Liberal Party wrote that environmental protection “will be the cornerstone of Liberal foreign policy”.
In its second Red Book, the Liberal government said it agreed “that climate change is one of today's most crucial environmental issues, posing a threat to Canada's ecological and economic well-being—The costs of inaction on climate change are too high”.
Yet the 2000 budget contains nothing more in connection with greenhouse gases than the investment of a mere $285 million over the next four years, when the Liberals ought to have invested at least $1.5 billion over five years in order to fulfil their Kyoto commitments.
Today, the Liberals are betraying their commitment and adopting a short-sighted approach. It is high time that the Liberals' red books were recycled.