Mr. Speaker, instead of patting itself on the back, perhaps the government could acknowledge that it adopted the same greenhouse gas reduction targets as Stephen Harper's Conservatives.
The Conservatives deplore the carbon tax, and the Liberals have not been able to come to an agreement with the provinces.
A Nobel Prize in economics has been awarded to two researchers who demonstrated that carbon pricing is an effective means of fighting climate change. We should be able to move forward.
Our planet cannot wait for us to make a decision. We must set aside the half measures advocated by the government.
What good are government plans if they are not ambitious enough?