All I can tell you, Mr. Bigras...and you're fully aware, you're talking about the Liberal plan. I want to emphasize that this was a plan of the old LIberal government. Greenhouse gas emissions, as you're fully aware, are 35% above the target set when they signed on to Kyoto--29% above, plus the minus 6.
Greenhouse gas emissions went up each and every single year under the old administration. So no, we are not going to accept every single part of its plan, and when we are ready to give you our details, we will. We already have announced areas where we're moving forward on reducing greenhouse gases, and I can tell you, yes, we are very much looking at large final emitters. When we're prepared to give you what we believe is in the best interests of Canadians, where we can create that balance to clean up the air and we can ensure the sustainability of where we want to go, as I've talked about in our strategic energy plan, we will let you know.
I do want to emphasize you can pull out bits and pieces of the old Liberal plan you think you might like, and I'm more than willing to sit down with you and listen to you as we evolve and develop our programs. But you shouldn't be surprised that everything the LIberals did we're not just going to pick up and say, that's great, that's what we're going to do--we're not. We're not going to.
We are going to make changes, and we want to ensure that at the end of the day we're getting results, the taxpayers are getting value for their money, and we're getting the greatest impact out of those investments. That is something where, as you can appreciate, after a government has been in power for 13 years and we take office, and we've been there for six months, we are moving forward.
As you know, we've made our announcement on renewable fuels, we've made our transit pass. We think it's important to get people out of their automobiles in some of the most polluted air basins, and yes, we're looking at other parts of the file. We're very committed with the large final emitters on carbon dioxide capture and storage. This is something where we think there's great opportunity.
So yes, we will be working with them, but you should not be surprised that every single thing the previous government did is not going to be adopted by this government, because we're not going to.
Thank you.