Mr. Speaker, I will just speak briefly.
In the report from the commissioner, to be really clear, in terms of the reductions, we need to be mindful of the concept of additionality, meaning would these reductions have happened without the incremental funding?
In section 4.34, the commissioner was clear: “In the absence of an additionality analysis, there was no guarantee that it was designed to result in emission reductions beyond those that already would have happened”.
More important than quibbling on what happened before is talking about what can happen now. We still have $541 million left, so my question is the same. Can the parliamentary secretary speak to what the government intends to do as it looks to restructure this existing fund to work toward getting meaningful additional net new emission reductions?