First of all, thank you for your comments and your words. I share your urgency.
I don't see another whole country hitting the six markers of emergency that I describe, although at the municipal level, there are places that are.
There are certainly countries, even within the G7, that are doing substantially better than we are. I would note that the two G7 countries that have made the most progress on reducing emissions are the U.K. and Germany. Much of that has been under conservative governments that haven't made climate into the wedge issue that it's too often made here.
In the case of the U.K., which is the best performer when it comes to lowering emissions, a big piece of that relevant to the work of your committee is the introduction of carbon budgets—going back some years now—where they have rolling five-year carbon budgets that decline over time. There is also an independent oversight committee, which ensures that the whole mechanics of government is meeting that goal.
Think about the work that your committee does now on the fiscal front. Your committee tours the country and solicits input. You meet with provincial governments. We have a Treasury Board that makes sure governments stay within their budgets. We have a Parliamentary Budget Officer who tries to inform all of this with the best evidence-based projections. That's what we need for climate, too, in order to vigorously drive down those emissions.