Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for presenting this motion to the House. Canadians have been waiting for some leadership on this issue, and they are certainly not getting it from the government.
I looked at the briefing notes and I think there is one the member might be able to amplify on. It says:
Canada's national goal is now to cut its emissions to just over 600 million tonnes by 2020, a level equivalent to about 3% above the 1990 level. To put that in context, Canada's greenhouse gas emissions in 2007 were 747 million tonnes, or 26% above their 1990 level.
It is obvious that we are not going to get anywhere close to achieving the government's current targets unless there is a plan. Could the member comment on that?