Thank you, Chair.
To add to those comments, I'm really encouraged to hear from other colleagues who have been pushing for this for a long time. As members likely know, thermal coal contributes to 30% of global carbon emissions and 800,000 premature deaths every year from the choking smog it produces. The vast majority of thermal coal exported from Canada is from U.S. mines, because their own ports have already banned its export.
I'm encouraged that the Liberal Party promised to do this back in 2021. Former Green MP Paul Manly introduced a bill to do this in 2020. While the Green amendment was defeated at your last committee meeting, I'm optimistic that the Bloc version of the same amendment will be passed.