Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much to the minister for being here today. We really appreciate your standing up for us in Canada by putting in place these provisions to try to address pollution and protect our green spaces in Canada.
I want to continue on the price on pollution for a couple of moments.
First, I want to put into context some things we've heard and ask if they are correct. We heard a comment that GDP in 2030 would be decreased by $25 billion. That was in the Parliamentary Budget Officer's report. This is a projection that's many years out, obviously. The projection without the price on pollution program, I believe, was $2.68 trillion, with the price on pollution being $2.66 trillion. There's a difference of about 0.5%.
Sometimes, when people put out numbers and don't put them in the context of the absolute numbers, they sound exceedingly large and scary. I just wanted to see if I'm correct on that.
Secondly, the Parliamentary Budget Officer hasn't compared what our economy would be like if the climate events continued to increase at the rate they are increasing now. Is that correct?