Platitudes, Mr. Speaker. The minister should resign if she is not going to act. That is all there is to it.
She does not understand climate change, but there is another minister who has been briefed on climate change. The Minister of National Defence has been told by his officials what impact climate change is going to have on the Northwest Passage. Government documents obtained by the NDP say this: “If the current rate of ice thinning continues, the Northwest Passage could be open to more regular navigation by 2015”.
That is only nine years away. Does the government not realize that climate change impacts not only the environment but also our sovereignty?