I guess you leave me a little bit puzzled, Mr. Martin, because you said that the government recognizes what is stated in the preamble to Bill C-311. And it recognizes the work of the renowned scientists of the IPCC, for which many Canadian scientists also received that Nobel Prize, who continue to work, including the scientists from Environment Canada who appeared at the committee.
What puzzles me is that many of the nations of the world are stepping up to the plate and committing to the IPCC targets and are committing beyond, in fact. It appears, contrary to what you've testified here, that we seem to be in keeping with our other trading partners, such as the European Commission and Japan. Yet the European Commission has said that if we will commit to meeting these targets, they'll step up to the plate and even go to 30%.
How do we reconcile the difference between your testimony that we are in parallel with other developed countries and the fact that they seem to be committing to the IPCC recommended targets when we are not?