Mr. Speaker, once again the reason Canada is not meeting its international targets is because of 10 years of inaction.
Let me read from the 1998 report of the former commissioner of the environment: “--the federal government is failing to meet its policy commitments--”.
She said in her 1999 report: “--additional evidence of the gap between the federal government's intentions and its domestic actions”.
In her 2000 report she said: “--it continues to have difficulty turning that commitment into action”.
I can repeat that for 2001 to 2005, ending in 2006 where she said: “It is increasingly clear that Canada will not meet its international commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions".