Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good day, colleagues.
Minister, it's always nice to see you at this table. Welcome. We're happy to have you here whenever you like.
Climate change is real and we need to adapt to it, but the ultimate goal is to reduce pollution and emissions. There are two ways to do that. First, there's the dogmatic approach we've been living with for the past nine years and which has done nothing; then, there's a far more pragmatic approach.
Last week, around the same time and in the same location, we put a very clear question to the commissioner of the environment and sustainable development. We asked him if Canada was achieving its 2030 targets and his answer was categorically no. Yet, the minister says it is.
In his report, the commissioner concluded that Canada has the worst climate record in the G7, after nine years of this administration. He also talked about attending COP. I attended virtually and, one week ago at 1 a.m., COP tabled its annual report on the climate change performance index. For the second year in a row, Canada ranks 62nd out of 67 countries. That's the Liberal record, after nine years under this sanctimonious government that wants to tax Canadians.
Two weeks ago at COP, the minister mentioned the possibility of introducing not the first, not the second, but a third carbon tax, on shipping. Was he serious or was he just making a good joke? Quebeckers and Canadians really don't want another carbon tax.