Environment committee  This is where I strongly disagree with you, Mr. Deltell, because if it weren't for this international work and this international collaboration on the fight against climate change, there would be billions more tonnes of pollution in our atmosphere. I think that—

Environment committee   it with an approach to offset those 18.1 tonnes of CO2. Speaking of travel, the minister appointed a Canadian ambassador for climate change, Ms. Stewart. The QMI agency has reported quite spectacular figures in terms of travel. In her first year in office, Ms. Stewart made 23 trips abroad

Environment committee   will appeal that. You seem to forget there was also a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada—not an opinion, and not a Federal Court judge—that said the federal government can act on matters of pollution and, more specifically, on climate change pollution through carbon pricing

Environment committee   climate change, since they don't really believe in it. You can't say that you believe in something if you aren't prepared to take action on it, yet that's the position the Conservative Party finds itself in. By acting irresponsibly, it's threatening Canada's economic prosperity

Environment committee   we can do to fight climate change in the short term is to focus on coal and to focus on methane. That's exactly what we're doing.

Environment committee   for the oil and gas sector. He hailed the new regulations as proof of Canada's leadership in the fight against climate change. You'll notice that Mr. Birol hasn't taken part in many press conferences with many governments. This shows how important he thinks it is to—

Environment committee   read what he said in his report. It reads: Environment and Climate Change Canada estimated that the measures in the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan were not expected to reduce emissions to the extent needed to meet the target. The environment commissioner, whose work is required

Environment committee   need to move faster, and I have said that many, many times since I became minister of environment. The update on our climate change plan, which my colleague Mr. van Koeverden tabled in the House last week, shows that we are 90% of the way to meeting our 2030 target. It cannot

Environment committee  No, we have to implement measures more quickly, and that is exactly what we are doing. You have to understand that since I've been Minister of Environment and Climate Change, we've announced a zero-emission vehicle strategy, proposed clean electricity regulations by 2035

Environment committee   in 2015 and what you are doing now. According to the report tabled this week at COP28 concerning greenhouse gas emissions, Liberal Canada ranks 60th. When we look at Canada's overall record, compared with all the other countries in terms of efficiency and climate change, you have

Environment committee  I have said it a number of times: We are playing catch-up in Canada because, for many years, nothing was done to fight climate change.

Environment committee  We can draw a comparison with Great Britain, France and the Scandinavian countries, where, systematically, since the early 1990s, public policies have been put in place to fight climate change. That's what makes these countries—

Environment committee   action incentive payments. Could you explain how this price on pollution program works, and why it's a program that addresses affordability as well as the much-needed work we have to do to fight climate change?

Environment committee  I have said publicly on numerous occasions that studies by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the International Energy Agency show that we are going from a world where we currently consume about 100 million barrels of oil a day to a net-zero world where we

Environment committee  We are resuming the meeting. We have the Minister of Environment and Climate Change joining us after a long trip. You said you got back to Canada yesterday morning. Welcome to the committee, Minister. Is your opening statement under 10 minutes or so?