Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As I was saying, the Conservatives have continually suggested that the United States is lowering their emissions in the absence of any market-based instruments like carbon pricing or cap and trade. However, as I said, 12 states are home to over a quarter of the U.S. population and account for a third of GDP in the U.S.A. That includes California and 11 western states, as well as Washington state and others.
Would you characterize that as the absence of a carbon tax or the absence of any carbon-pricing mechanisms?