Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question from a member of the standing committee on the environment.
The reason it is such a crucial issue is because if we fail as a globe to address this very critical problem, we will see a situation by the year 2050 where the island of Prince Edward Island will be completely under water, where the lower mainland of British Columbia will suffer massive flooding and where there will be severe fires on the prairies as a result of drought.
Ten years ago people laughed at scientists' claims for the codfish stocks and we know now the price we paid.