Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
I just want to say thank you so much, Minister, and thank you so much, parliamentary secretary and all of you, for being here today. I really appreciate it. This is an issue that is super important for the residents of my riding of Davenport. I would say that it's one of their top issues. I want to make two comments because, Minister, I think you've done a really wonderful job of saying this, and this is something that's near and dear.... Because of the publicity that's in the media today, there seems to be some idea that the only thing the federal government is doing to tackle climate change is putting a price on pollution, and that's not true.
I want to say thank you so much for saying that under the pan-Canadian framework we have a rich number of urgent climate action measures that we are putting into place to combat climate action. You've mentioned the clean fuel standard, the elimination of the coal-fired plants and the historic investment in transit. You haven't mentioned the zero emissions and car infrastructure, but the list goes on. To me, that was important to reiterate. I do think that through your answers you've been mentioning that and I don't think we should wait for a perfect plan to take action on climate change. We should put in as many measures as possible.
There was also an earlier question about whether we are meeting our Paris accord targets. I know that this comes up in my riding of Davenport. It's been less than three years. We're not going to see massive emissions reductions in less than three years, but that doesn't mean we stop. If anything, I know that people in my riding say to keep on moving forward, that they know you have all the right elements. They say to keep on moving forward and keep on moving as fast as possible. I want to say thank you so much for all of these efforts. I believe that at least in my riding, they feel they're the right efforts and, if anything, they ask me to go faster, as fast as possible.
Formally, my first question is actually for the parliamentary secretary, just because I want to get his voice in here. Davenport residents, especially the youth in my riding, are very concerned about the number of species that are disappearing on a daily basis. In Canada we have listed on our website I think 521 plant and animal species at risk under the species at risk registry. I just wonder if our parliamentary secretary, Mr. Fraser, can update us on how Environment and Climate Change Canada is moving forward with the protection of species at risk.