Madam Speaker, if I understood the hon. member correctly, and I am sure that he would want to clarify it for the House, he suggested that somehow Canada was responsible for the United States not signing on to Kyoto.
The United States acts in its national interest. We act in our national interest. The United States did not sign the Ottawa convention. It did not sign the small arms treaty. It has not signed on with regard to International Criminal Court. The fact is it was not Canada's decision. Canada makes its own decisions and the United States makes its own decisions.
The member suggested somehow that we have not done anything. I want to again dispel in the House the notion that $3.7 billion has been assigned. In fact, we talk about the $250 million for the green municipal funds, the $1.7 billion in terms of technology and innovation. We talk about public education. We talk about climate science, all of these things that are necessary in a broad approach.
When the member suggests that nothing has been done, a lot of things have been done in collaboration with various stakeholders across the country including cities and the provinces.
Even though the United States has not signed on, 42 states are moving toward Kyoto targets. Therefore, I would like him to clarify his suggestion that the Americans have done nothing and that it is our fault.