Mr. Speaker, as regards Canada's promise to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions at the 1990 levels by the year 2000, ten years ago the current Minister of Finance asked if the government at the time would pledge that Canada would honour its domestic commitment. Since then, Canadian emissions have increased by 20%, which explains why Canada, without Quebec, would have the worst record on the planet.
Does the Minister of the Environment agree that it is time for Canada to stop backing off and that the Kyoto protocol must be ratified by the largest possible number of countries, and particularly by the country that has the worst record in the world, namely Canada?