International Trade committee  It probably would. Again, I haven't studied the issue in Ukraine, but it would probably make Ukraine a less attractive market to invest in. We've been doing some work on the carbon tax in Canada over the last six months, and we're starting to see some trends with industrial

International Trade committee  We have obviously requested that the investment chapter be removed. That was really our idea. Here we're talking a lot about environmental issues and the carbon tax. What's interesting in this agreement, as opposed to others, is that the environment is really part of it. When

International Trade committee   carbon leakage, effectively, is that you can't have a carbon tax that is so low that you attract investment into your country. That's how they've set it out in this trade agreement. Now, Ukraine's carbon tax is very tiny. I think it's the lowest in the world, and it's applied just

International Trade committee   forward on the inclusion of a carbon tax. She implied that somehow we were helping Vladimir Putin by causing some kind of delay. It was an audacious statement for her to make. I mean, we've had the ambassador here talking about what it's going to take for Ukraine to successfully come

International Trade committee   are not asking for a carbon tax. Ukrainians are asking for weapons. Ukraine needs to win this war. That means they need the munitions and equipment that, in many cases, Canada could make available, in order to allow them to secure victory. There is nothing currently in Bill C-57 that deals

International Trade committee   agreements that you don't normally put in. Otherwise, how would you put a carbon tax in a trade agreement for the first time? With that in mind, I'm just going to ask anyone this: If you've looked at the trade agreement, have you seen any language there that deals with munitions exports

International Trade committee   in a trade agreement, like the development of LNG reserves. This government made a clear choice to put carbon taxes and carbon leakage into a trade agreement for a country in the middle of a war, as opposed to putting in something that could actually help them in the war, which is LNG

International Trade committee  . International trade can definitely create a larger carbon footprint. So we have to pay attention to that aspect of the situation. Twenty-seven countries around the world have a carbon tax. However, we don't really know if that approach is effective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Environment committee   to backtrack on his failed carbon tax. He finally admitted that it was unaffordable for Canadians. On November 7, the government's own environment commissioner stated that Minister Guilbeault is failing to meet the government's own emissions targets, and on November 14, the Federal Court

Environment committee   from Canadians. On October 13, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Liberals' “no more pipelines” bill, Bill C-69, was unconstitutional. On October 26, Minister Guilbeault was forced to backtrack on his failed carbon tax. He admitted that it was unaffordable for Canadians

International Trade committee  , and your comments on market access strategy being needed. I want to build on your testimony in response to my colleague Mr. Martel regarding the inclusion of a carbon tax and carbon leakage in this agreement. You mentioned in your response to Mr. Martel that we should not be looking

International Trade committee  I would see it more as an imposition, to be honest. On the one side, I would see this as a very western value being imposed on a country that has been devastated by war. Second, we also need to question the mechanism itself, the carbon tax. There is literature out

International Trade committee  Thank you for that, and again, maybe this is in terms of the examples here in Canada, but how would the imposition of a carbon tax and discussions of carbon leakage hurt Ukraine's ability in terms of food security? It's the breadbasket of Europe, so how would that hurt its

International Trade committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thanks as well to the witnesses for being with us. Mr. Charlebois, carbon pricing is mentioned in Bill C‑57. This is the first time it has been included in a free trade agreement. Do you think it's useful to impose a carbon tax on Ukraine since it's

International Trade committee   aspirations on another country, we may penalize it, which in a way would make the agreement less appealing for Canada. Ukraine already has a carbon tax, and it's probably the lowest in the world. So we acknowledge that something has to be done in Ukraine, but I don't think we need