Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Minister, for taking the time to answer our questions. I also thank the witnesses for being here. Minister, the current version of Bill C-12 does not contain a GHG reduction target. In fact, subsection 7(2) states that you will establish the ta

Environment committee  We can therefore expect the government to table an amendment, for example, to remove the part of subsection 7(2) that says that the target will be established after the act comes into force, since it will be established directly in the act. Is that right?

Environment committee  Okay, thank you. If you support this idea, do you also support the idea of including a mandatory minimum target? Let me explain. The presence of the Paris Agreement target in the act could serve as an additional judicial safeguard if more ambitious targets could not be met. Wo

Environment committee  Thank you. Speaking of partner countries, the 27 countries of the European Union and Quebec calculate their GHG reduction targets using 1990 as the base year. However, Canada has decided to use 2005. Since the increase in GHGs was quite staggering between 1990 and 2005, this cho

Environment committee  That is a very good point, Minister. I thank you for mentioning it. For the sake of transparency towards our international partners and for the sake of honesty and clarity in the political debate, would you be in favour of setting your GHG emission targets using 1990 as the base

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to come back to the new target range of 40% to 45% reduction compared to the 2005 base year emissions. Currently, to meet the minimum 30% reduction target, Canada's emissions would have to reach 511 megatonnes in 2030, or 517, depending on ho

Environment committee  When the 2020-2021 budget announcements were made, it was said that implementing these new measures would reduce GHGs by 36% by 2030. However, your target remains a 40% to 45% reduction. So there is a shortfall in this respect. In your opening remarks, you mentioned working with

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, gentlemen. I would like to come back quickly to the target range of a 40% to 45% reduction in GHG emissions that will be included in the act and its feasibility. Earlier, I asked the minister whether there was a shortfall between the Departme

Environment committee  A deputy minister who has the answer to this question could answer me. If you do not have the figures in front of you, you could send them to the committee. Otherwise, I can ask another question.

Environment committee  Okay. Section 11 of the bill provides that the minister may amend targets for the relevant milestone years at any time. If the minister saw that Canada was not on track to meet the targets set, he would therefore have the power to lower them. In other words, in the event of fai

Environment committee  Is there a problem with the interpretation? I only have two and a half minutes and I don't want to—

Environment committee  I'm not sure I understand, Mr. Moffet. I'm going back to section 11, which says that the minister can amend the target he's set. If we take into consideration what the minister said earlier, that he will include the 40% to 45% GHG reduction target, that means that he can decide t

Environment committee  Section 11 could then allow the minister, for example, to reduce the target from 40% to 30%, which is the Paris Agreement target. Is this correct?

Environment committee  Thank you.

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. As the member mentioned, the NDP members have been calling for 2025 to be a milestone year from the beginning. Now they are backing down and proposing an interim target of 2026, which is unfortunate. I guess that's part of the deal they made with the Libera