Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

As I was saying, the Canadian government is working to introduce an emissions trading scheme and has committed to developing and implementing a North America wide cap-and-trade scheme. I would also make the point that President Obama has also indicated his commitment to a cap-and-trade scheme. But let us understand what is happening here, because we have all the ‘rabids’ on the other side coming out now. Let us understand what is happening here.