Right now, we're having 100 kilometre per hour winds and 40 to 50 millimetres of rain, which will all fall within a four- to five-hour time period. We will get more wind and rain in Newfoundland and Labrador. We've already experienced that. I have a roof that was damaged in the past year from damaging winds. I understand, and we understand, that the world is changing. We need to act now.
I would like to see the evidence to prove that a carbon tax is actually going to have an impact on lowering GHG emissions in Newfoundland and Labrador and in Atlantic Canada. We are already at 1990 levels for our emissions. One of our concerns is that there have already been negotiations with some of the larger, heavier industries in Newfoundland and Labrador to carve them out, leaving small and medium-sized businesses to pay the brunt of this. This is speculation, but it's from some of the information that we get.
Again, we are gravely concerned about not knowing the details regarding the carbon pricing that the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador wants to put in, and how much it really is going to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. When you look at in on a chart, Atlantic Canada, and Newfoundland and Labrador in particular, are very minuscule with respect to the emissions that we have.
I believe that we all have to do our part. As a global leader, Canada has to do its part and lead the way, but we all know the vast majority of GHGs are coming out of China and India. I don't know how much Canada's changing of behaviour is really going to impact the world. It cannot from a leadership perspective, but my fear is that this carbon tax is a cash grab. It's not going to necessarily change behaviours or reduce the GHGs that we need to have happen.