Mr. Speaker, allow me to take advantage of this question and comment period to put a question to the government side. I find it rather ironic that, concerning a Canadian Alliance motion on Kyoto, the answer is coming today not from the minister himself, or even his parliamentary secretary, but from a member across the way.
It is rather ironic to see how unwilling this government is to engage in real debates in this place and to provide real answers to the opposition's questions.
There is another aspect. In his statement, the government member opposite never dared say how he intended to vote on this motion.
Does he intend to vote for or against it? Does he not find it ironic that the Canadian Alliance motion does not specify that a vote ought to take place by the end of the year, despite the commitment made by the Prime Minister when he was abroad?
Is the government not telling us that it will be voting for a motion at odds with what the Prime Minister stated abroad?