Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to respond to the question which is very serious for all Canadians.
Canada has agreed that we will negotiate medium term, legally binding targets for the Kyoto, Japan meeting in December.
In my four months in office, I have been crossing this country from coast to coast to coast meeting with partners who must come together to agree on exactly what Canada's position will be. In the international forum, Canada is taking a role of trying to find a large consensus in the international community so that we do have a strong, firm and legally—