What I would really like to do is to work with this committee on bringing forward a piece of federal legislation that for the first time is going to set the stage for a broad national framework to deal with air pollution and greenhouse gases.
I would ask you and every committee member to work with the government. You have an excellent opportunity here. As the environment commissioner stated, we are at a crossroads. The environment is an issue that Canadians want all of us to work together on. They want this committee, and they want Parliament, to show them that we want real progress and real results. They know the environmental challenges Canada faces are not insurmountable, but they know we aren't going to solve everything overnight. What they do ask from us is that we work together and show progress.
That's what our government has already started to do. Soon we will be introducing a piece of legislation that this committee will get a chance to participate in shaping as we move forward. I invite you to be a part of that, and I ask you to bring forward any of your ideas and amendments to that piece of legislation as we work through it.