Thank you very much.
I do want to follow up on the question from my Bloc colleague with respect to Canada taking leadership.
Let me be clear. It's not that I don't believe that Canada should take a leadership position—I do. I just find some of the logic a little bit difficult to stomach or to follow.
The logic goes something like this, I believe. If Canada, as a resource-rich country, decides that it's going to hit the brakes hard, make the transition very difficult for our economy and get to net zero at a breakneck speed, these other countries around the world will look at that and go: “Okay, wow. Canada has done it, so we will too.”
Let's look at some of the countries that are at the top of the emissions list, the ones that will really make the list. China is number one at 27% or 30% of the total global emissions. Are you telling Canadians that the People's Republic of China is going to look at Canada and go, “Oh, wow, they destroyed their economy at a breakneck speed to get net zero and we're going to follow”?
Better yet, another top one of the worst emitters in the world is the Russian Federation. Are you honestly telling me that Vladimir Putin, who has an unprovoked, unnecessary, illegal war against Ukraine and has absolutely no respect for international norms, is going to say, “Hey, wow, Canada has reduced their emissions by 5% this year so we're cutting ours and we're getting to net zero”?
In what world does that make sense, guys? Is that what you're honestly telling Canadians?