Madam Chair, in PV-86, what I'm attempting to do is ensure that we inject into this bill the overwhelming importance of the climate crisis. At this point, the words “climate change” do not appear once in part 2 of this bill. In other words, they don't appear once in the part on the energy regulator. Given the government's formal commitment to reduce greenhouse gases—and there are new provisions in part 2, related to renewable offshore power lines that are certainly welcome—it certainly seems to be a disturbing gap that climate change isn't referenced.
What I'm proposing on page 97 at lines 21 and 22, and on the same page at lines 26 and 27, is secure language that ensures that as the government enacts this legislation and acts to deal with energy transmission issues, the Government of Canada is focused on its obligations and commitments with respect to climate change.