We can meet that goal through a series of strong measures to improve air quality: first, rigorous Canada-wide standards for mercury and benzene and for levels of particulate matter and ozone; second, enhancing the federal smog plan with new measures to reduce emissions in the transportation sector and in industrial activities; third, negotiating a new ozone reduction agreement with the United States, which will be done this year; fourth, limiting the level of sulphur in Canadian gasoline, of which you may have read something recently with regard to complaints of two companies who feel we're moving too quickly; fifth, developing a pos ...[+++]t-2000 acid rain strategy, building on the successes we've had under the original 1980 Canada/United States Acid Rain Accord; and sixth, taking action on climate change that will, in addition, lead to low-level clean air benefits.

However, we do not need a carbon exchange on Bay Street or on Wall Street, where the get-rich-quick schemes pollute our economy.