Absolutely, Madam Speaker. I certainly agree that when we come to this place we have to act on what is best for all of Canada.
Let me address what Kyoto will do for all Canadians. All Canadians will pay for increased home heating costs, increased fuel costs and increased costs of doing business. All Canadians will face a devastating impact on their jobs in this economy. Whether it is the auto workers in Ontario, the oil and gas workers in Alberta or the thousands of jobs we eagerly anticipate being created in Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia if the Atlantic accord ever gets passed by this government, these are all jobs across Canada that will be affected.
Let us talk about the national implications of airport rents. Regina, Edmonton, Halifax, Victoria and cities all across Canada are seeing their rents go up every single year, with new rents coming in. These are air travellers and workers in the airline industry all across the country, not just Regina.
Let us talk about how Kyoto does not even address particulate matter. It does not address pollution. This is a red herring that the Liberals always talk about. They say, “We must do something to clean up the air”. This is something and therefore we must do it, they say, but Kyoto does not actually even address particulate matter. It does not address smog. It is not going to clean up the smog days in Toronto or Vancouver or other large cities. It addresses only greenhouse gases. It does not have a plan for acid rain. It does not have a plan to clean up our waterways, our lakes and our rivers.
Kyoto is only about greenhouse gases and it will not even address that, because the government is going to buy pollution credits, greenhouse gas credits offshore, meaning that globally there will not be a reduction in greenhouse gases but our tax dollars will go to purchase those credits.