Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome to the committee. We have many interesting witnesses, who all hold different opinions, but who are contributing to the debate, which I believe is important.
My first comment is about the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. I find its brief rather depressing. I noticed that half of your brief deals with adapting to climate change rather than on ways to reduce greenhouse gases. It is as if you had thrown in the towel with regard to greenhouse gases. Let met quote from your brief:
It is clear that, regardless of what actions are taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or to meet our Kyoto target, no action will be enough to stop the effects of climate change—it can only slow down the changes.
So you are focusing more on changes to our lifestyle to address climate change. Don't you think it is a mistake to focus only on adaptation rather than to have an effective plan which establishes objectives to reduce greenhouse gases at the source?
I think that ultimately adaptation will cost us much more than taking significant and strong measures to address climate change. Don't you think that the price will be much higher in a few years if we adapt to climate change rather than beginning immediately to reduce emissions at the source?