Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  If I could, I'll just explain it. It's our view that they are—

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Good question. The limitation is that the activity would have to contribute to air pollution. To be candid, we haven't thought through exactly how we would circumscribe that, except that it would be focused on air pollution. Also, I draw your attention to the fact that there a

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Mr. Chair, may I take the opportunity to reiterate the officials' concern. Our concern is not at all with the objective of trying to maximize the ability to gather information about climate change. Our concern is with the actual impact of these three words, “or climate change”, w

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We made these changes for very technical legal reasons, to correlate to some existing statutory language in the existing act. I'll ask our counsel, Michel Ares, to explain.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Maybe I can elaborate. As Monsieur Ares explained, the test for fuels is “contribute significantly to air pollution”. So we have similarly limited the power to gather information about fuels to fuels that may contribute significantly to air pollution. But we didn't want to have t

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I'd like to bring two points to your attention. First, the working interpretation of the departments is that “air pollution” is broad enough to cover the effects on climate of both air pollutants like smog, etc., and greenhouse gas. So like the previous one, I would ask you to

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Well, I don't know whether the CIBC could. Presumably that depends on the CIBC's charter. But L-19.1 is clear that the consultations are about either creating or designating, so the amendment has, I think, been drafted very carefully not to predetermine the nature of the organiza

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I apologize for being difficult, but what is the final word? Is it “and” or “or”?

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I think from a very strict legal reading that could be the consequence, and that's what I'm trying to avoid. However, if this amendment were to pass, I don't think it would have significant practical unintended consequences. From an official's perspective, I think we could live w

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Sorry, could you repeat that?

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I'm not sure I completely follow your question. I may have misspoken. But what I'm trying to suggest is that the amendment that Bill C-30 provides to expand the authority to cover pollution prevention would give us all the authority we need to also look at techniques and technolo

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I think what the amendment does is try to make that authority explicit. We conduct that research now. Let's be candid; we conduct it now. The authority is implicit in many of the provisions in the statute. We're just trying to make it explicit.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  My concern there would be that you'd be distinguishing research into greenhouse gas emissions as being something different from pollution prevention. The working interpretation that we have, at any rate, is that pollution prevention is broad enough to cover greenhouse gas reducti

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  What I'm trying to say is not that the technologies are the same, but that the term “pollution prevention” is broad enough to cover toxic substances, solid waste, greenhouse gases, and energy waste. It's a very broad term that was defined through a process that the federal govern

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  In response to Mr. Cullen's question, it's certainly my view that the addition of greenhouse gases is redundant, that the departments have the capacity to research, that the authority that's given in CEPA now to conduct research into pollution prevention gives us plenty of scope