I think we are talking about “amend the Federal Methane Regulations”. That's exactly what I'm talking about.
Mr. Longfield talked about the announcement made by the minister a few days ago at COP28 about the new regulations and the ambitious program that this government has about methane. This is exactly what we're talking about here, so this is why I raised the point.
Why am I bringing this up, Mr. Chair? Yesterday, I asked the House of Commons for permission to table this climate change performance index 2024 report, and my request was denied. I asked the House whether anyone in the government knew where Canada stood in the 2024 rankings. We know that Canada ranked 58th last year. This year, does anyone in the government know? The one person who stood up claimed not to know. How can this government, which is proud to say that it has a delegation of 700 people in Dubai, not know about a document that I managed to find online with our team? Incidentally, we took part in the conference online, and generated zero emissions and zero bills for taxpayers.
We couldn't table this report in the House yesterday. As a result, I want to remind you once again that the Prime Minister's highly ambitious Canada, which always makes big announcements, has now fallen from 58th place last year to 62nd place this year. Once again, this government is constantly making big announcements and lecturing everyone, ready to tax people to fight pollution. However, it's a different story when the time comes to analyze performance.
On the climate change performance index 2024 rating table, after eight years of this Liberal government, Canada is number 62. It's all rhetoric, all dogmatic and nothing very pragmatic. This is what we are looking at right now.
Mr. Chair, while the Liberals boast and crow about lofty principles, strong announcements and ambitious targets, the outcome is that Canada ranks 62nd, according to this report tabled at COP28. We aren't the ones saying this. The global experts, the people who prepared this UN document for COP28, reached this conclusion.