Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present today. The first is signed by many residents of my own riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands, from Sidney, Brentwood Bay, Saanich and Victoria.
The petitioners call on the government to act for those legally binding targets that were passed in the 40th Parliament, which called for reductions of greenhouse gases by 25% below 1990 levels by 2020 and to move toward a transition away from fossil fuels, leading to 80% reduction below 1990 levels by 2050.
The time for action on climate change should have begun about 25 years ago, but we need to play catch-up and we need to move fast.