I don't know if it's what I'm saying or how I'm saying it.
Very quickly, I am happy to amend my motion to include the economic context in terms of doing this.
I have to admit, I'm a bit surprised at the.... If climate change is the single dominant topic going on in the environment file right now, the reluctance to take it on in any kind of way, which is what I read here.... I mean, the little, small reference to it in a long list of other things is hardly meeting with the urgency. But it's an interesting moment in that the environment committee, which for many years has been seized with this question, is choosing now to not. It's a choice.
In terms of duplication, the Federal Sustainable Development Act, was something that officials from every department said that they are already engaged in. Heaven forbid we duplicate anything that is already going on and not be duplicitous at the same time.
I'm reflecting on where the committee is headed. I love birds and birdwatchers, in particular. God love them. I would never want to not spend time with them. The conservation ethic in general is very important to a lot of us.
I just give as a reflection, Chair, that this committee, over the 11 years that I've been here, has often been an important urging on of government to take some action on climate and the solutions around climate, which I think would be very important given the economic context that Mr. Fast talked about in which Canadians are wondering how we diversify our economy away from the boom and bust cycles that have been so prevalent these last 70 years or so.