Mr. Chair, I'd like to raise a question of privilege.
On Thursday, March 21, 2024, the environment committee passed a motion ordering Minister Guilbeault's department to produce information on how much the carbon tax will reduce emissions. The committee specifically ordered the production of the government's provincial-territorial computable equilibrium model called EC-PRO. This was a model that the government referenced when asked how it projected that its carbon tax would reduce emissions by 30%.
The committee also ordered the production of all economic modelling associated with this model.
Ordering the production of documents is a privilege of parliamentarians to effectively represent Canadians. I will draw your attention to page 983 of Bosc and Gagnon's House of Commons Procedure and Practice, which states:
The Standing Orders state that standing committees have the power to order the production of papers and records, another privilege that is rooted in the Constitution and which is delegated by the House. In carrying out their responsibility to conduct studies and inquiries, standing committees often have to rely on a wide array of papers to aid them in their work.