Thank you, Chair.
Very briefly, first of all, we need to recognize the importance of a preamble and that it's only guidance for governments looking at the act and for Canadians reading it.
This basically says air pollution and greenhouse gases are a risk, Canada recognizes the jurisdictions of provinces and the federal government, and climate change constitutes a serious threat. I'm reading the things we all agreed to, all four parties.
There's a responsibility to act, again with the agreement of all four parties. We are in the UNFCCC, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and we are signatories to Kyoto, still with agreement around the table. Lastly, the concept of substitution and the highest order of pollution prevention are in this, which we again agreed to unanimously.
We will be supporting this preamble, and we encourage other members to do so with haste.