Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   on them and needs to move toward regulations and financial disincentives as well. The financing of technology development is important, but I would say it takes a back seat to the kinds of measures we actually need to reduce emissions. With respect to a carbon tax, a cap and trade

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   along and the largest group of countries currently involved in this exercise, that we take our lessons there? That is to say that we probably want a cap-and-trade system rather than a carbon tax system because that's where Europe is, and that gives us a market to go to. We probably

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I know this is probably my last question in terms of what I have time for, so I'm wondering if both the witnesses could talk about their perceptions on the importance and utility of carbon tax as part of a variety of measures that could be utilized to reduce greenhouse gas

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We have gone almost a decade in Europe on the question of whether carbon taxes can or should, and to what extent they should, be developed. We did not sort it out at the European level. You may know that the European construct has advanced tremendously on many things, except

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Sorry. In your answer, could you perhaps talk about the experience of member states that have utilized carbon tax, and whether or not that has been an effective vehicle for them, relative to other member states?

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  They were effective towards the individual consumer. We saw that when the carbon tax was implemented to industrial activities, there were limitations to the extent that such a tax could be levied.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  No, I think in addressing such a question you can't do it in a political or a policy vacuum. I'm from Edmonton, Alberta, and I know what that phrase represents. Call it anything but a carbon tax and maybe we can talk, but call it a carbon tax and it's just not constructive

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   a decade and a half to two decades of reflection on what needs to be done on climate change. The Europeans made a deliberate choice not to go for carbon taxes. We had a discussion on carbon taxes. We have a standing tradition on energy taxation, but we were making a deliberate choice

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   of the environment committee, who is a fine fellow, and I want to make that clear. At the time, Mr. Mills said: Placing the control of greenhouse gas emissions under the CEPA would be a de facto carbon tax, which would result in the loss of thousands of jobs and would increase the cost of heat

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I'm not recommending a target for the country. What I'd like to provide to the country are the marginal costs of different target levels. The target you see in the diagram in front of you says that we would have to shift toward a carbon tax or its equivalent through regulation

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   or unrealistic, and it is neither. However, Canada must be prepared to spend money. The government's first budget in May 2005 slashed climate change spending from $4 billion to $2 billion over the following five years. If we need money, this is the time to create a green fund, a carbon tax

Business of Supply  , an international emissions trading system or a carbon tax? Could they please explain to the Canadian people what it is they intend to do in this regard. I also asked the minister if he could tell us what the price of a tonne of carbon was today in the European and Chicago markets. He could

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   at it compared to others. Would you use a science and technology approach? Would you use a research and development fund? We're not interested in a carbon tax, but what other compliance mechanisms would you use? We'd consider this in that context. Certainly there are some benefits to it. I

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you minister, and welcome. You initially ruled out the possibility of having a carbon tax, and by extension the possibility of having a polluter-pay policy. You then ruled out the possibility of having an international carbon exchange

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We're not looking at a carbon tax. I know one of the leaders in the Liberal Party has proposed that. That doesn't mean we don't embrace the idea of “polluter pays”. We think we can achieve that through compliance mechanisms. I think that is important. That's certainly something