Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses again.
I'd like to focus in particular on one aspect of the report related to the overall theme of it, which is the lessons learned.
You've made a really excellent review of the last few decades and have been able to summarize for us parliamentarians the direct result of inaction. These are really scary and dire results that you folks are presenting today, and I want to be able to give Canadians across the country the clear answer as to what this report means for Canadians moving forward.
Just to quote a portion of it, “Canada's 2021 National Inventory Report...emissions were 730 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2019, while its target for 2020 was 607 megatonnes.”
It's a true fact that Canada's emissions have increased and continue to increase. This is a real fact that Canadians have to understand for your purposes of public education.
Will you comment on the reality and fact that government, whether the current one or previous ones, has truly failed to hit our greenhouse gas emission targets, and could you describe what that could mean for Canadians?