It is my duty pursuant to Standing Order 81(14) to inform the House that the motion to be considered tomorrow during the consideration of the business of supply is as follows:
That, in the opinion of this House, the government should not ratify the Kyoto protocol, or bind Canada to its emissions reduction quotas, since:
(a) Canada's principal economic competitor, the United States, together with most of the world's developing countries, would not be bound by the protocol's emission reduction quotas;
(b) ratification of the protocol would impose massive costs on the Canadian economy and result in severe job loss; and
(c) the Kyoto protocol would do little or nothing to benefit the environment.
This motion, standing in the name of the hon. member for Red Deer, will be votable. Copies of the motion are available at the Table.
It being 11.07 a.m., the House will now proceed to the consideration of private members' business as listed on today's order paper.