Finance committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I hope nothing will happen, but if ever there was a problem during my testimony, I feel like I am in good hands with a cardiologist sitting next to me. Mr. Chair, distinguished members of the Standing Committee on Finance, thank you for welcoming

Finance committee  Thank you for starting your question in French. Keep improving. I don't have all the solutions for you, but, indeed, the rebate is important to enable municipalities to purchase buses. There are already some programs that should be enhanced to include the electrification of tran

Finance committee  Concerning the first question, yes, we do feel that the federal government should adopt a piece of legislation on the climate to enshrine the established targets. That intention has already been announced by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change at the latest COP, and it

Finance committee  Yes. There is currently a lot of talk about that. A summit is taking place on nature-based solutions. In agriculture and in biodiversity protection, those nature-based solutions are becoming increasingly important. There is still a great deal of work to be done to examine the bes

Finance committee  Thank you. It would be my pleasure to provide the committee members with complementary information on risk management that takes environmental issues more into account.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Distinguished members of the Standing Committee on Finance, I thank you for having us today. I will be sharing my speaking time with my colleague Caroline Brouillette. The Canadian oil and gas sector has been suffering suffered greatly since the beginning

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. I congratulate you again on the quality of your French. It's hard to predict post-pandemic trends, since this situation is a new one, with no instructions for how to emerge, recover and rebuild. That said, at the beginning of my speech I said that we

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. Yes, indeed. In the spirit of Bill C-69, we have called for as much public participation as possible. We believe that's important. Given the current state of affairs, we do not have the conditions to ensure the broadest participation possible. Deadlin

Finance committee  The process is not meeting the conditions for which it was created. We do not have the conditions to carry out the process and thus it has broken down.

Finance committee  I am not an expert on drilling, but I can talk to you about consultations. Yes, I believe it is important to hear from all industry stakeholders, the experts on this issue, and also from local communities, which have legitimate concerns.

Finance committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Julian. I certainly agree with you. I wouldn't contradict what you just said. Investment is crucial to a strong public network for health care and other services. This pandemic has made it clear that Canadians need a strong public health networ

Industry committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Distinguished members of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, thank you for having us here today. My name is Marc-André Viau, and I am the director of government relations at Équiterre. I will be sharing my time with Ms. Tzeporah Be

Industry committee  I'll try, Madam Chair. If profits are increasingly going into the pockets of foreign investors, then the question arises as to who benefits from this operation. Is it Canadians, who have to foot the cleanup bill? My colleague will talk more about this in a few minutes. Now, wi

Industry committee  Thank you very much for the question, sir. I will answer, and then I'll give the floor to my colleague so she can complete my reply. Our study shows that 70% of production is controlled by foreign interests. In terms of growth, control of operating profits is said to have incre

Industry committee  What I said earlier is that we should ask ourselves whether the political regime should be a determining criterion for takeovers or investments. In some sectors, several stakeholders have shown that this criterion might be relevant. I am thinking of the technology sector, for exa