Thank you, Madam Chair.
My thanks to all the witnesses for joining us today.
I will first turn to Ms. Waridel.
We have met before. You once stayed in my constituency, at Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs, on the beautiful Île Verte.
Ms. Waridel, the Liberal government has set itself the target of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions by 40% to 45% of 2005 levels by 2030. Given that Canada has not reached the targets it has set itself in the past and that those emissions continue to increase, do you believe that the targets are realistic?
We must also recognize that Quebecers have become great purchasers of sport utility vehicles, SUVs, which somewhat contradicts our claim that we are focused on the future in environmental terms.
Could you explain that contradiction on the part of Quebecers?