First of all, thank you very much to the committee. Yes, if we're going to improve it and improve it to actually be useful not only to parliamentarians, but also to us as well.... It starts with us, for the department to find it useful and to show that we're proud to show what we have done, and also that we're very realistic about what we haven't done.
On the MOU with the auto industry, I think this is the last year, 2010. The agreement is finishing this year, as much as I remember. This is an MOU that was spearheaded by Transport Canada as well as NRCan. The reason why the connections are to NRCan is that Natural Resources Canada is the one that is working with the auto industry in terms of their reporting. I will get you the details as to what the trajectory has been.
Given the downturn in the auto industry, I believe there has been an overall reduction in the CO2 emissions, but overall in Canada regarding the impact of transportation.... Transportation is the source of two things. One of them is the greenhouse gases and 27% of that comes from transportation, but there are also huge components of the NOx/VOCs, the nitrous oxide/volatile organic compounds, the whole list.... The honourable member knows these really well.
Our performance is that that CO2 emissions have been going up from transportation; however, particulate matter is actually on a steady decline. So this kind of improves with the technology, etc. We can get you the performance around that. But your question is well put: why don't we have these there?