Mr. Chair, thank you very much.
Perhaps a little cold water for Mr. Rodriguez.
I'm going back to the transcripts from the committee with Madam Gélinas. My colleague to the right of me, Mr. Vellacott, made a very simple statement, and I'm going to quote it: “...whether the government changed, the new targets are needed.”
Madam Gélinas' reply was: "That's absolutely right.” It wasn't “kind of right”, “maybe”, or “no”; it was, “That's absolutely right.” Even had the previous government won the last election and continued to govern, Madam Gélinas makes it absolutely clear that new targets are needed.
Mr. Rodriguez brought forward a bill, Bill C-288. Unfortunately, it was passed, and it's going to shackle us to the failed approach of Kyoto with respect to the timeframe and target.