Thank you.
I have a quote from Mr. David Suzuki. He said he certainly agreed with the Conservatives that the Liberals “just didn't do the hard things that were needed to meet the Kyoto target”. He said the fact is we are 35% above the target.
In an article that was presented by the David Suzuki Foundation called The Air We Breathe, it said that there is strong evidence that air pollution, which is the other part of the framework.... We're doing greenhouse gas emissions with absolute reductions, but it also deals with air pollution and the condition of the air in Canada. The David Suzuki Foundation in that document said:
There is strong evidence that air pollution is the most harmful environmental problem in Canada in terms of human health effects, causing thousands of deaths, millions of illnesses, billions of dollars in health care expenses, and tens of billions of dollars in lost productivity every year.
Now, in the deck you presented, I believe you used...I'm not sure which figure it was, but it was billions of dollars lost because of poor air quality, and you said the death of one in twelve Canadians is attributed to air quality. Can you comment on that and how important it is that Canada clean up the air pollution?