Mr. Speaker, a substantial amount of money, approximately $3 billion, has been invested in the Kyoto protocol.
What I disagree with is this obvious contradiction between, on the one hand, making huge investments in more efficient and cleaner energy sources and, simultaneously, on the other, adopting legislation such as this, which will invest $260 million a year for non-renewable energy sources. I cannot agree with this.
This $260 million per year is nearly the same amount that has been invested in wind energy over five years. Wind energy gets $260 million over five years, while, in one year, this bill will put $260 million in the pockets of companies developing non-renewable energy sources.
We have to go back to square one. We have to reinforce what we have already done extremely well, such as the government's climate change plan, in which substantial amounts were invested. An investment of $3 billion is a huge one.
At the same time, we must not undermine such efforts by doing one thing and then the opposite. That is my message.