Madam Speaker, if we are speaking of latitude, in my 16 years in this place, I have never seen such latitude given to a government in presenting a fall economic statement, which was basically to table it outside, run for the hills and not be in the House to present the document. That is showing latitude to a government.
In terms of the carbon tax, New Democrats have for many decades been very concerned about the climate crisis. We were warning about this decades ago. We have always called for an effective price on pollution and supported effective policies, whether that is a carbon tax, a cap-and-trade system, regulation of industries or, frankly, incentivizing the production of renewable energy in this country. Our record, in terms of dealing seriously and responsibly with the climate crisis, is second to none.
My disappointment is that after nine years of the government, I have not seen meaningful progress in reducing Canada's carbon emissions. The question the member has to answer is, why is that? Why has his government failed so terribly in meeting our international commitments, whether it is Kyoto or Paris? We have a whole generation of Canadians—