The former Liberal environment critic said Kyoto was written on the back of a napkin.
Certainly in the time that I've been minister, we have been working incredibly hard on the industrial targets. On weekends, late into the evening, the staff at the Department of the Environment and others have done yeoman service--a gigantic, Herculean effort. We hope to be able to come forward in the coming weeks, in the coming month or two, with those targets. We think it's important that Canadians see some short-term action.
Canadians are very skeptical of this government, of the previous government, of all politicians when it comes to the environment. They have seen a lot of talk from everyone, from all of us, but not enough action, and we have to bridge that gap. I take that very seriously. Canadians want to see some action in the short term on both greenhouse gas emissions and on efforts to reduce pollution, and we're committed to doing that.