I know that everyone here today is concerned about the environment and the quality of our air. The air quality initiatives the government is pursuing will initially be applied to the restructured electricity industry. Many of you here this morning are involved in this sector and may have had discussions with my ministry regarding our air protection measures. As you know, while these measures will first apply to the electricity sector, they will also apply, in the coming months and years, to other industries in the province. Clean air cannot just be the responsibility of some businesses, or just the government.
Clean air is everyone's business.
It must be. In fact, there must be action, not just across Ontario, but across Canada and North America, if we are to achieve the government's clean air targets. This means the involvement of businesses in all economic sectors and people and communities in all regions of the province. On January 24th, the Ontario government announced aggressive new measures to attack air pollution in Ontario. I want to briefly review these measures and then talk about where we're at today and what has happened in the past few months.