But for me, the approach is also important, because it dictates the means that we will be implementing to meet our targets. What we understand to this point, is that if the target for large emitters has gone from 55 to 45 megatons, and if we analyze the Green Plan, we see that it could even go down to 33 megatons. I would even go as far as to say that large emitters, in the last plan, have a 33 megaton requirement. These means are not adapted to this reality. I think that we might even miss the 33 megaton target. I think that is also important.
Since we are talking about targets, your comments have caused many people to react. I do not have the text in front of me, so please correct me if I am wrong, but you said more or less that if the government feels that it is not in a position to meet the Kyoto targets, it will present new targets and tell us how it intends to meet them. At the same time, you say that we have gone too slowly, that we must pick up the pace and show more determination. We must act more quickly and with more determination. We have been too slow to take action.
I want you to clearly understand that what you want is not a lower target, but a higher one. I am afraid that the government will present a green plan which will reduce green house gas emissions by seven or eight per cent, but by 2025.
Can you tell us today that what you would like to see is a higher target, in other words, a more stringent target? I would not want people to understand that you are suggesting we postpone meeting the target, because, as Mr. Dion said during our meeting last week, that would be a very bad spin.