Madam Speaker, I congratulate my friend from Winnipeg South on the appointment to double duty, as he is now the parliamentary secretary for environment and climate change. However, I am afraid that whoever advised him that paragraph 24 only referred to countries with a 2025 end year was incorrect. I recommend they go back and read it. Here is the problem: We do not have a target that is remotely near what we committed to in Paris. We committed to hold 1.5°C. We are now on track for 3°C to 5°C.
I hate to say this in a 30-second statement, but it could not be more serious. The scientists of the world are advising that we are coming very near the point where we will not be able to rescue human civilization from our own actions. This is not a time to be coasting and self-congratulating.
Right now, the Prime Minister of this country is about to look very bad in comparison with Biden. We coasted looking good compared with Trump. Right now is the time for Canada to actually start taking the climate emergency seriously.