Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table in both official languages the second report of the Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development.
In accordance with its mandate under Standing Order 108, your committee undertook the consideration of climate change issues in relation to Canadian preparations and participation at the conference of the parties of the UN convention on climate change presently sitting in Kyoto.
Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests the government to table a comprehensive response to this report.
An important overall conclusion of our committee is that the challenge of climate change offers a unique convergence of economic and environmental goals. The economy can only benefit from energy efficiency, energy innovation and the prolonged life of fossil fuel reserves through more careful consumption.