Mr. Speaker, I am actually onside with the former minister of the environment. The government is in Cancun with little concrete action to report on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In October 2009 the environment minister said the following:
At the outset, let me emphasize the need to harmonize our regulatory regime with the regime that is evolving south of the border. Harmonize. Not follow.
This year he said, “we need to proceed even further in aligning our regulations”.
U.S. regulations take effect in January. Can the minister explain why Canada's rules for major emitters remain in limbo?