Thank you so much.
It's a pleasure to have you back, Minister. You're always welcome at our committee. We've had many discussions, you and I, about the need to get this right. That's why I asked to be on this committee. Getting it wrong, to me, is not an option.
Professor Kevin Anderson, who prepared the Tyndall Centre report on the climate crisis, testified at our committee. He stated that “for a 50% chance” of meeting the 1.5°C, Canada along with other wealthy oil and gas producers must cut production by “74% by 2030”—that's seven years from now—“with complete phase-out by 2034.”
Based on your conversations with your staff in your department, would you say he's right or is he exaggerating?