Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My explanation will be simple. Clause 11 states that the minister may amend a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. This is a bit annoying because initially, the minister and the government said that they wanted to include in the legislation their new target, from 40% to 45%, but they didn't. Instead, they said that the target would be the nationally determined contribution, or NDC, that the parties to the Paris Agreement send every five years. It will be sent by November 2021, according to what the government says.
According to this clause, are we to understand that the NDC itself could be amended or that the NDC figure in the bill could be amended without affecting the Paris Agreement?
In my opinion, if there is a failure, we must change the means, not necessarily the target. You can go and change the plan of action, and that's what we're proposing. The minister can change the plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but not necessarily the target.
Could Mr. Moffet clarify this for me?
In the government amendments we saw earlier, the government decided that the target would be the NDC, but it doesn't exist yet, as I understand it.
Does that mean that with clause 11, the minister will be able to amend the NDC?
I just want to make sure that my question is understood.