Madam Speaker, I want to start by agreeing with the parliamentary secretary that the debate in this place on climate has been reduced over the last number of months, but we cannot allow this false debate about the carbon tax, which is the most efficient way of taking action on the climate crisis, to take us away from what must be done to follow the science.
The parliamentary secretary spoke about taking action now. On that point, I agree with her as well. The concern is the amount of time it has taken since this commitment was first made. It is true that no other country has a cap, but neither do we still. It has been two and a half years. We need to see this move more quickly, but we also need to see it be stringent enough. We need to see these loopholes eliminated to ensure the reductions come at least even closer to what we must do to follow the climate science between now and 2030.
To follow up, will she commit to pressing the government to reduce its meetings with big oil, which have only gone up in the time since and which have happened at the same time as these loopholes have increased, and will—