The budget ensures that we will do even more. For example, we will work with developing countries and others to reduce their use of the products, such as DDT, that send persistent organic pollutants into the air and water. This is a very serious issue affecting northern communities and I am determined to do more in my tenure as Minister. We will also work with those countries on climate change, and I want to turn to that issue now. While some still use their media soapboxes to pretend there is no issue, the weight of scientific evidence says otherwise.
Scientists know that global average temperatures are rising.
Ask anyone who lives in the north whether things are changing. But if we have a challenge, I also firmly believe we also have an opportunity to show what a new architecture of environmental management can mean. I have set a few key targets for the remainder of our mandate. First, I want to see this country engage in the depth of analysis and intensity of dialogue necessary to determine how we would apply domestic emissions trading in Canada. I expect us to have a National Action Plan on Climate Change for the approval of Canada's First Ministers.