Mr. Speaker, the government's plan has been rejected by environmentalists, economists and all Quebeckers. That is the reality.
The Minister of the Environment has to realize that the time lost by Canada in implementing measures to achieve the Kyoto protocol targets, under the Conservatives and the Liberals, will result in even greater costs.
Why is he refusing to follow Quebec's lead of adopting absolute targets and using 1990 as the reference year rather than always opting for the same measures designed to spare major polluters? That is the reality.