Mr. Speaker, that is not action, it is nothing but hot air.
The government has shown that it hates democracy as much as it hates the Kyoto protocol. Yesterday morning, the Conservative members systematically blocked the work of the Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development. Shortly thereafter, the Minister of the Environment said that the government would stop these anti-democratic procedures if we agreed to vote in favour of its hot air bill on the environment.
It is blackmail and only the weak resort to blackmail. Those who use blackmail lack courage and a valid argument.
This House and Canadians are in favour of the Kyoto protocol and blackmail will not change that.