Mr. Speaker, our government is indeed balancing the need for a cleaner and healthier environment with protecting jobs and economic growth.
The Kyoto protocol does not include major emitters such as China, India or even the United States and therefore does not work. Canada will not sign on to any new agreement that does not include all major emitters.
We remain committed to reducing Canada's greenhouse gas emissions by 17% below 2005 levels and we are achieving that goal.