Mr. Chair, I'd like to move the following motion.
First of all, Mr. Pentland, this will only take two or three minutes here. This is a simple motion.
That given the statement made by Mr. Derek Hermanutz, Director General, Economic Analysis Directorate, for Environment and Climate Change Canada on November 9, 2023, at the Standing Committee of Environment and Sustainable Development of:
“I think we're probably in a world where we could say with some rough analysis that up to one-third, potentially, of the emissions reductions that we are projecting to 2030 would come from carbon pricing”;
And given that Canada's Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development has stated in their 2023 Fall Reports that:
“The federal government is not on track to meet the 2030 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions”;
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(1)(a), the committee order the production of Environment and Climate Change Canada's complete analysis including all economic modelling, referred to by Mr. Derek Hermanutz, of the government's emissions reduction projections specifically from the carbon tax, no later than December 8, 2023.
Mr. Chair, the Liberals keep telling us that Canadians need to pay a carbon tax to reduce emissions; however, no one in the government has been able to say exactly how much emissions are being reduced from the carbon tax. No wonder the environment commissioner has revealed that the Liberals are failing to meet their own emissions targets.
If the Liberals are forcing Canadians to pay a costly carbon tax in the name of emissions reductions, Canadians deserve to know exactly how much emissions are being reduced by this carbon tax. It's a very simple ask for Canadians.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.