Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. You should have before you a submission from Greenpeace entitled “Targeting Climate Change in Canada”. I would also like to note that you have received a letter dated January 22, with recommended amendments to Bill C-30 from eig

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you for the question. Let me put it into perspective by talking a little about Alberta. Alberta is where the intensity-based emission targets started, through the Alberta government's climate plan in 2002. I think the plan underlines the fact that intensity-based targets

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Don't get me wrong; intensity analysis can be useful. It's an indication of--

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes, of something that's happening one way or another. But if you want a clear definitive analysis of where things are heading, I think they should be based on absolute levels.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I think some of them do.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I'm sorry, I can't. But I'd be happy to provide you with information on it.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes, I believe it's possible.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  International credits will have to be part of the solution.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The physical reality is that carbon dioxide doesn't stop at the 49th parallel or any other border. If we can make efficient investments elsewhere, outside of the country, that works too. But we don't think we should be investing in so-called hot air. Let's invest in the really ef

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I don't recall the exact figure, but that sounds....

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Fair enough.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  That I couldn't tell you. I know they're radically increasing their renewable energy production as well.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  One of the biggest successes we're seeing now with the Kyoto Protocol is the clean development mechanism. The uptake in China for the use of that so-called flexibility mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol has been massive.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I don't have any argument. The environmental community has argued as strongly as anyone that we should be acting domestically first as a top priority, before we look offshore.