Perhaps I can turn to another theme that came through in your presentations. It dealt with debunking the fiction, I think, of those who would have Canadians believe the myth that this is all about offshoring billions of dollars in Russia--in the black market, no less, or so I'm told. I think some would characterize it this way, and I think it intentionally misleads Canadians into believing this is what it involves.
I want to go to the question of offsets, and I'll address this to Vicki Arroyo in particular.
Ms. Arroyo, you made a number of points about the huge energy that's now going into a climate change response in the United States today. Frankly, I think it's fair to say that it took the current President a long time to accept the science of climate change.
I'm just trying to get to this question of offsets. You talked about making sure they are real, quantifiable, and verifiable, and Ms. Comeau in turn talked about the need for verifiability. Mr. Marcu mentioned the verifiability. I think he said that 147 companies are now participating.
But first, Ms. Arroyo, what is the feeling in Washington now about verifiability? And could you then also help us understand where the thinking is going in the United States with regard to post-2012 participation in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?