Mr. Speaker, then they should start being upfront with Canadians on the costs of those type of things.
The government can continue to play the part of an ostrich, to bury its head in the sand, but its own statistics demonstrate that the costs of the Kyoto protocol will be astronomical for the country.
One government study predicts that if our NAFTA partners do not ratify the treaty, our GDP will drop by 2% to 3% permanently.
Instead of deliberately misleading the public, as it often does, why does this government not tell the truth about the costs involved with Kyoto?