I understand. I just was curious, because I've lived there for 40 years and I know the workers. I have brothers who are in the unions. I myself worked in a union for a period of time up in that area. I just found it very surprising, because I had seven letters in support of Kyoto. I actively campaigned that Kyoto was impossible, to meet the targets, and I got 65% of the vote, which was eighteenth highest in the country.
I found it very surprising that you had such support from that area, because quite frankly, I could sum up—and I'm going to just read into the record—what our opinion is in relation to the Kyoto targets and meeting them. This is from Lorrie Goldstein, in this morning's Ottawa Sun, on Dion's top-10 Kyoto excuses. He says: “Since, in the real world, as opposed to Liberal la-la land, many believe Dion's position is, how should I put this delicately—oh, yeah—INSANE...” I just want to make sure that's in the record, because most people out there, quite frankly, find it laughable. Kyoto is impossible to meet without buying international credits for certain. And that's my first line of questioning.
We've heard from a lot of experts who suggest that the cost to meet Kyoto, not just on domestic action but for buying international credits, would be somewhat up to the range of $38 billion, and $38 billion over a four- or five-year period would cost each taxpayer in this country probably somewhere in the range of $3,300 to $3,600 over that five-year period.
We heard from Mr. Brown that, indeed, Canadians won't tolerate more than a $100 cost in implementing Kyoto. Is that correct, Mr. Brown?