I'm pleased to respond.
First, I'm here to explain the estimates and the supplementary estimates with respect to my portfolio. I'm quite pleased to speak to that.
You will find within the material before you $360,000 of Environment Canada advertising expenditures. You will find the details of the Parks Canada advertising campaign, and the total campaign over a number of years has been between $3 million and $6 million. The purpose of that campaign has been to expand utilization of the national parks system, because we've seen a significant drop in attendance in our national parks system. I'm pleased to provide those numbers to you and respond to that. I'm not here to deal with the broader issues that you raise. There are other forums, as you know, where they should be raised.
You do, however, mention the Copenhagen Accord and climate change, and I think it's important to take stock of where we are there. The last time I was before the committee we were embarking towards Copenhagen. I'm pleased to advise the committee that at Copenhagen we were able to achieve an agreement in principle that I think represents a turning point in how the world will deal with climate change. This is something that our government has advocated for many years, and we're very pleased with the outcome.
It provides a binding agreement for the post-2012 period. I mentioned in the House of Commons today that as of today, 110 nations have come forward and associated themselves formally with the accord. This includes all of the major emitters, including the United States, China, India, and others. This was something we set out to achieve, and we spoke about it the last time I attended before the committee.