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Environment committee This contribution to a technology fund can be presented much more as a tax on carbon emissions. Depending on the structure and the way this fund is set up, it's a form of carbon emission tax. How this tax revenue will be spent has been determined from quite a broad standpoint. Th
November 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. André Plourde
Environment committee If I was not clear, I am sorry, especially since this is exactly the kind of situation I have in mind. It seems to me that based on certain established conventions, including rulings by the Supreme Court of Canada, the Canadian Parliament has the responsibility to negotiate and i
November 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. André Plourde
Environment committee I think there are two parts to the answer. The first one, as Professor Dissou mentioned, is that essentially, the broader the pool of potential emissions you're considering with a measure, the lower the cost of addressing the measure. Essentially, if you think of it this way—let
November 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. André Plourde
Environment committee Well, it's not clear that we'd receive the investments. We'd receive the credits.
November 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. André Plourde
Environment committee It's not as clear. Are we a net buyer or a net seller of emissions reductions?
November 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. André Plourde
Environment committee It depends on how costly we are in reducing emissions.
November 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. André Plourde
Environment committee You can connect an intensity approach to a level approach if you agree on end points.
November 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. André Plourde
Environment committee You back out what the levels would be. You have to have a level approach. You have to figure out what the level of emissions is going to be. But the target can be specified any way you want, as long as you agree on an end point. Then you can back out from there. The levels consis
November 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. André Plourde
Environment committee A Canadian market is probably a good first step, but we need to think of a broader market. Considered with the U.S., Canada's emissions are roughly 2% of the world's, give or take a fraction. This is a relatively small part of the action in greenhouse gas emissions reductions. To
November 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. André Plourde
November 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. André Plourde
Environment committee I haven't seen a detailed plan in terms of measures. Objectives have been identified, but in terms of specific measures, no.
November 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. André Plourde
Environment committee Thank you. There is a typo in my presentation, so in true form, I'll have to point it out. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and honourable members of the committee. I want to thank you for this invitation which will allow me to speak to you today. If I may, I will continue my presenta
November 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. André Plourde