Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of the Environment.
At the Rio summit, Canada was priding itself on being in the forefront in environmental protection. Today, we realize that it has joined the ranks of the countries threatening the credibility of the convention on climate change.
Next week, in Berlin, the Minister of the Environment will be attending a meeting at which the European Union is expected to propose that levels of emission of greenhouse gases established at the Rio conference in 1992 be extended beyond the year 2000.
Would the Minister of the Environment tell this House what position her government will take with respect to this proposal?