Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the committee for the invitation to speak with you about this important study.
My research at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives for the past five years has focused specifically on the issue of a just transition. I am pleased to have the opportunity to share some lessons from that work with this committee.
The most important point off the top—and you've already heard this today—is that the transition to a low-carbon economy is already under way. This is not a future or theoretical problem; the world is moving away from fossil fuels whether we like it or not. The choice for Canada is between, on the one hand, a just and managed transition—