Thank you, Ms. Minister. I've enjoyed listening to your testimony today. Some of our colleagues probably haven't; they've been conducting some media interviews in the committee room while you've been talking, but I found your testimony quite interesting, actually.
When the public is listening about Kyoto, there are essentially two things we're talking about. First, there's the looming target and timeline, which the environment commissioner herself has rejected. Many witnesses at this table have rejected it as unattainable, set without analysis, and yet the opposition wants to foolishly handcuff us to it, notwithstanding the fact that we've only achieved 1% of our target.
The second thing we talk about with Kyoto is the international dialogue through the United Nations. So it's entirely consistent to be against the first and yet participate vigorously in the latter. You've told us about working within the UN process. Can you tell us a little bit about why it's important to work through other international fora beyond the Kyoto framework?