Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present to the House today. I will try to brief and succinct as I report them to you.
The first petition I would like to table with the House of Commons deals with concerns of electors from across Canada, and particularly in my own riding of Saanich--Gulf Islands, about the fate of Canada's plans relating to climate change.
The petitioners point out that the national round table has estimated that we could be facing annual costs as high as $43 billion a year by 2020 and that we must reduce our emissions to 25% below 1990 levels by 2020.
This is an excellent and timely petition given the recent events in Durban.