That's why it's absolutely important, would you not say, that Canada work in concert with its major trading partners in developing a comprehensive plan? We know that the G-8 plus 5 are responsible for about 70% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, it only makes sense that if we don't have an agreement that includes the G-8 plus 5 and has targets that are fair and amenable to all the G-8 plus 5, there will be costs incurred in those jurisdictions that agreed to outrageous targets compared with those countries that negotiate a better deal for themselves. This would result in economic competitive losses that would ultimately result in the offshoring of jobs from any country that signs on to ridiculous targets. Would you not agree?
On November 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.