Mr. Speaker, let us get serious here for a minute. The Prime Minister knows perfectly well the American president has served notice that he has no intention of meeting the U.S. Kyoto commitments.
Why is the government doing the Americans' dirty work? It is bad enough for Canada's reputation as a responsible environmental citizen to be smeared because we refuse to take the lead on tackling greenhouse emissions at source.
Why is the government adding insult to injury by urging the poorest nations of the hemisphere to buy favour on the eve of the FTA summit by associating with the unscientific and irresponsible American position on greenhouse gases?