Minister Lunn, thank you for coming this afternoon.
Let me be as candid and direct as I can be. The nub of the concerns that have been expressed by David Suzuki and Al Gore, among others, and shared by millions of Canadians, I dare say, is that your government continues to defer to the oil and gas sector, particularly regarding the oil sands.
They're concerned, for instance, about the announcement of intensity-based targets, not overall targets. They're concerned about our targets, or your government's targets, such as they exist, well short of what has been announced in the United Kingdom and France.
I understand that there's a report indicating that the oil sands are now going to be exempt from any regulations or controls on emissions that result in smog. I'd like to ask you directly, is that the case? Are we going to hear about that? Or can you unequivocally say no, they will not be exempt from such controls or regulations?