Madam Speaker, it is somewhat paradoxical today to have the Minister of Natural Resources rise to speak on energy efficiency and his colleague, the Minister of the Environment, in the House applauding the speech. We know that the latter is proposing stricter energy standards, comparable to California's. We would, perhaps, like to see stricter regulations here in Canada .
My question is for the Minister of Natural Resources. Did the trip—the mission—by the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Transport to California a few weeks ago inspire them to provide Canada with stricter regulations to make vehicles more fuel efficient, with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25%?
Can the Minister of Natural Resources, as his colleague the environment minister proposes, put a new law in place to make vehicles more fuel efficient, in order to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 25%.