Madam Speaker, the member's question highlights the government's hypocrisy on renewable energy sources. The government took power in 1993. It is now 2005. I live about an hour and a half from downtown Toronto just outside of Fergus, Ontario. We did not have smog days when the government took power in 1993. We now have plenty of them.
On an average summer day in my riding people choke on the air. We get up at 7 o'clock in the morning to listen to smog advisories and how people who have breathing difficulties should stay indoors. The air quality is so poor that they should not go outside.
The Ontario Medical Association attributes the poor air quality to the government's lack of action on renewable energy and alternative energy sources. The Ontario Medical Association attributes thousands of deaths in the province of Ontario every year to poor air quality because of the government's complete lack of action on a whole range of fronts, whether it be lack of funding for TTC, alternative energy sources or clean air. The facts speak for themselves.
People in the GTA sit in their cars for two to three hours a day because of a lack of infrastructure investments on the part of the government over the last 10 years. People in the GTA are choking on smog. The government has great rhetoric on renewable energy sources, alternative fuels and its commitment to the environment, but the facts speak for themselves. The facts speak to a complete lack of action on the environment, renewable energy, alternative energy and cleaner air.