When we discussed the target with witnesses and with the Minister, he said that, for additional clarity, transparency and collaboration with other signatories of the Paris agreement, he was perfectly agreeable to using 1990 as the reference year. That argument alone seems valid to me. As the European Union is committing to reduce its GHG emissions by 55%, it seems quite reasonable to ask Canada to reduce its own by 37.5%. This is what Quebec is doing. Quebec is doing well in reducing GHGs and Canada should follow its example.
It seems perfectly reasonable to us to adopt that target.