Mr. Speaker, I would have liked to see the date on the letter the Prime Minister just mentioned.
Yesterday, the Minister of the Environment said in this House that countries that did not sign the Kyoto protocol were responsible for 73% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. But in order for the Kyoto protocol to come into effect, the signatories had to be responsible for more than 55% of emissions. With the addition of Russia, they account for 61%.
Can the minister simply explain to us how she reached the conclusion that 100% minus 61% equals 73%?