Mr. Speaker, we had a very successful meeting in Regina last week, as I said, with environment and energy ministers in which we recognized that climate change is a real and serious issue that all of us in Canada must confront. We had a significant agreement about this and the fact that we will define implementation strategy post-Kyoto. They gave us the flexibility as an international negotiator to work with the international community for success in Kyoto.
In the House of Commons on November 17th, 1997. See this statement in context.