To abandon even the hope or prospect of meeting the 2012 targets...because China, India, the U.S., and all the other countries are thrown into this conversation.... From what we're seen at the international level, Canada's reputation is what enforces our ability to negotiate and include those other countries. If we simply abandon it, walk away and say, look, we can't meet 2012, and we're not necessarily even really going to try, what authority do we have at the table?
On November 21st, 2006. See this statement in context.