The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is hopelessly wrong. The environment minister stayed in Kenya for an extra couple of days and a MOU on conservation was signed with the Kenya government. This government has a great reputation on the international stage. It is the Liberal Party th

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member knows, the government takes climate change, global warming and air pollution very seriously. The Liberal plan was to do nothing for 13 years, which is shameful. The former environment minister said the following: I will be part of Kyoto, but I w

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member knows, this was a report that the Liberal government was supposed to table with the UN on January 1, just prior to the election. That report said what the member said, that the Liberal government's plan would have brought us 47% above the Kyoto ta

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the former government did nothing for 13 years. It did not present that report. Now the member opposite is saying that he supports that, he supports us carrying on. That is utter nonsense. This government is committed to reducing greenhouse gases, not like the forme

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, we have been committed to the Kyoto protocol but we have been honest with Canadians and we have been honest with our international partners that we will not be able to meet the targets because of what the Liberals did when they were in government. We are working wit

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I agree that those who are trying to sabotage the plan to deal with greenhouse gases should be condemned. It is the Bloc members and the Liberals who should be condemned. This party is a party of action. We have tabled the clean air act and those parties want to sto

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. There's no surprise with the results of the previous two motions and the lack of accountability from the former government. It actually, Mr. Chair, discredits Bill C-288 big time. On the next motion that's on the schedule, Mr. Chair, the one the chair unfo

Environment committee  Yes, I have a second motion. Rather than take a lot of time, the points have already been made on the importance of accountability. The motion is to invite the Honourable David Anderson to appear as a witness before the committee by November 28 for the discussion of Bill C-288.

Environment committee  If I could answer that, no. I believe Canadians want an accountable government. We do have an accountable government now, but Mr. Dion needs to be accountable for not meeting the objectives of the Kyoto. Now the Liberal members are trying to pass the lack of accountability by the

Environment committee  What was the friendly amendment?

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I have three motions that I want to introduce, and I'll do this as quickly as I can. Unfortunately, at the previous meeting there were some issues. The meeting started quite late. I keep time, and unfortunately we were shut out on opportunities

Environment committee  Yes, I'd be open to a friendly amendment.

Environment committee  Unfortunately, because you refused to take the chair we are running a little bit late, Mr. Chair. I also thank the witnesses for being here. I wish I had an opportunity to ask you some questions, but because our agenda has one last item, and that was motions, I'm going to move

Environment committee  I move the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development invite the Honourable Stéphane Dion to appear before the committee by Wednesday, November 29, 2006, as a witness for the discussion of Bill C-288. Secondly, I move that the Standing Committee on Environment

Environment committee  On a point of order, Mr. Chair, the chair was Mr. Silva, and it's been filled by somebody who--