Mr. Chair, does the minister have an estimate of the cost of climate change to the Canadian economy, yes or no?
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Business of Supply May 16th, 2012
Mr. Chair, does the minister have an estimate of the cost of climate change to the Canadian economy, yes or no?
Business of Supply May 16th, 2012
Mr. Chair, as I know the minister will want to give the fullest and most complete answers possible, I thought I would let him know that I will be asking questions about the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and schedule II of the act.
First, I would like to ask a question. In calculating the impact of this budget in the context of long-term prosperity, as in the title of the budget, has the department estimated what it will cost to meet the government's Copenhagen target, yes or no?
Business of Supply May 15th, 2012
Madam Chair, would the minister agree that he is unable to table with us a budget for Rio, an economic analysis on the $14 billion for Kyoto, or the economic impacts of climate change in Canada? He cannot table any of these?
Business of Supply May 15th, 2012
Madam Chair, will the minister please give us the latest figures for the latest economic analysis that his government has done on the impacts of climate change on the economy?
Business of Supply May 15th, 2012
Madam Chair, let us go back to Kyoto. Has the government done an economic analysis of the impacts of climate change on the Canadian economy?
Business of Supply May 15th, 2012
Madam Chair, the government has said 45 years. Does this mean that the minister cannot deny that a 50-year goal is being considered?
Business of Supply May 15th, 2012
Madam Chair, on that, when the Canadian Electricity Association first suggested a capital stock turnover approach to tackling coal, it suggested a 40-year end of life. Environment Canada has given it 45 years in the Gazette, yet we have seen reported in several news outlets that some coal producers are seeking a further weakening to 50 years. Does the minister deny the reports of the 50-year end of life?
Business of Supply May 15th, 2012
Madam Chair, will the minister then confirm that the government has not done a costing of what it will cost to reach its target?
Business of Supply May 15th, 2012
Madam Chair, that was not my question. My question was, has the government done a costing of reaching its target?
Business of Supply May 15th, 2012
Madam Chair, the Commissioner on Environment and Sustainable Development said last week that he believed Canada would miss its target of 17% below 2005 levels and furthermore that the government had no plan to reach it.
Has the government done an economic analysis on the cost of reaching this weak target?