Thank you, Mr. DeMarco. I've sat on many committees and I have enormous respect for your work. I'm sort of disappointed by the attack you suffered from my Liberal colleague, as though you didn't know what you were doing.
It strikes me, when you said that you were very disappointed with the responses of the department, that it doesn't bode well. We're talking about a government's commitment to making Canada respect its international commitments, yet we see that the focus all along, as the department said, was the financial needs of big oil.
I want to ask you about your comments, though, when you said, “Canada was once a leader in the fight against climate change. However, after a series of missed opportunities, it has become the worst performer of all G7 nations since the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change was adopted in 2015.” That was the meeting at which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, “Canada's back.” How is it possible that after Canada came back in 2015, we are now the worst performer of all G7 nations? Can you explain that?