Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of the Environment.
Last Monday's federal-provincial meeting on greenhouse gases ended in a resounding failure. Despite the commitments it made at the Rio summit in 1992 and despite the electoral promises in the red book, Canada is stating openly that it cannot do its part in the worldwide effort to reduce greenhouse gases.
While Quebec has already achieved its objectives of stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions, how does the minister justify Canada's preparing to default on its international commitments because of a lack of political will on the part of the federal government and of the rest of Canada?