Environment committee  Sure. The main problem we have with the bill is that it requires us to meet certain targets way off in the future, and we have no way of knowing whether we're going to be able to meet them. If we can't meet them, the bill is a recipe for buying credits internationally. In our vie

Environment committee  We'll be part of a larger government plan. But when I say we don't know if the chemical industry can meet them, I mean the same thing Canada-wide. We simply don't know if Canada can meet those targets so far off into the future.

Environment committee  The main concern is that this bill would drive us to spend all kinds of money internationally. Emissions trading is a useful element in addressing climate change. But in our view, there should also be a larger investment in technology, and a technology fund is something that's ve

Environment committee  It was positive. We were able to do that because in the nineties, when things were booming, we invested in new technology and equipment. We want a return to those times, and that could happen with the technology fund that we've talked about, and with improved accelerated capital

Environment committee  I'll go first on this one. I had some answers to the other one, too, but we all have to take turns. As I said in my testimony, when we saw that the Americans were going to a cap-and-trade approach, we recommended that the Canadian government do the same. It looks like that's wha

Environment committee  I think what we have is an understanding of elements of a plan. As I said in my remarks, I think the approach the government is taking, of moving on pace with the Americans, is the right way to go, the way we need to go. We can't have the details of the plan until we know how the

Environment committee  We have elements of the plan that the government has, but no, we don't have a one-pager that is a plan.

Environment committee  I'd like to thank the chair and the committee for the opportunity to appear before you and participate in the review of this bill and of climate change generally. Before I get into my remarks, I'll first note the four points I would like to leave with you. First of all, CCPA an

Environment committee  That's very similar I think to the comment and recommendation I made that, as the smart regulation report said, there needs to be more emphasis on using a broader range of instruments. I would count pollution prevention planning as being part of that, just as I would industry res

Environment committee  I agree. That's why one of the recommendations we've made in this wrap-up summary, which I hope the committee will look at, is whether there could be some language put into the legislation that would encourage the government, no matter who's in power, to look at the broad range o

Environment committee  Bill C-30 has a very simple amendment to section 10. It basically says that instead of a province having to have the same regulation as the federal government, it has to do something that has the same effect. So certificates of approval or permitting that provinces use could be

Environment committee  If I could just pick up on this idea of reverse onus, I think you really hit it on the head. There is essentially a reverse onus that operates already under the legislation in the sense that, for new chemicals, companies have to provide information. The government then makes an a

Environment committee  I'd just like to clarify that on the side of looking at negative assessments in other jurisdictions, we already have that in CEPA. Under section 75, when something is banned—I think “severely restricted” is the terminology—we already look at that and make it a priority for assess

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'll see if I can beat that, but I would like to know what the prize is. My thanks for the opportunity to appear before the committee in this wrap-up session. There are four points I'll raise, all of which have been raised in testimony before with you.

Environment committee  This question is almost irrelevant to our membership. This is not what drives our performance. Responsible Care is about going beyond regulations, the charts I've shown you, and the performance we've achieved. We're much more interested in what our communities want us to do, so