That's okay.
Mr. Chair, I would like to move the following motion:
Given that:
a. On Thursday, November 9, 2023, Derek Hermanutz, Director General, Economic Analysis Directorate, for Environment and Climate Change Canada, stated at committee: "I think we're probably in a world where we could say with some rough analysis that up to one-third, potentially, of the emission reductions that we're projecting to 2030 would come from carbon pricing";
b. On Monday, April 8, 2024, Environment and Climate Change Canada provided the committee with an 18-page document titled “Environment Canada's Provincial CGE (ECPRO) Model”, in response to a document production order; and
c) On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, the committee ordered “the production of the model and data from Environment and Climate Change Canada that demonstrate that carbon pollution pricing will contribute as much as one-third of Canada's emission reductions including all (i) parameters, (ii) assumptions, and (iii) variables, (iv) economic modelling, (v) and emissions reduction modelling”;
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(1)(a) the Committee requests Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and officials from Environment and Climate Change Canada to testify on the Liberal government's carbon pricing emissions model(s) analyses, and economic modelling for no less than two hours by Friday, May 24, 2024.
I assume the minister would actually be quite happy to come before this committee to further explain by that period in time. Before May 24 we will have received—