Finance committee  Where to start? We focus relatively explicitly on policies that can go into the budget, so fiscal and funding measures. You're absolutely right. I was having a conversation yesterday with someone.... How to stimulate the innovation that drives and helps to transform the economy i

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and honourable committee members. Thank you for inviting the Green Budget Coalition to speak to you today. The Green Budget Coalition, or GBC, is unique in bringing together the expertise of 17 of Canada's leading environmental organizations, collectivel

Finance committee  It's the second-leading cause of lung cancer in Canada.

Finance committee  We're recommending that a tax credit of up to $3,000 be available to Canadians who incur costs when a certified agent ascertains that the radon in their homes presents a risk to their health. They would be eligible for a tax credit for those costs of up to $3,000.

Finance committee  I can't offer you specific numbers. I can tell you that a reinvestment in protecting Canada's environment would be very important to protecting Canada's environment but also to creating jobs. And those kinds of jobs can be the best for Canadians, because protecting nature is the

Finance committee  Yes, we do, as long as adaptation and environmental considerations are made central to them.

Finance committee  Mr. Chairman and honourable committee members, thank you for inviting the Green Budget Coalition to speak to you again. I'd also like to introduce the Green Budget Coalition's co-chair, James Brennan, from Ducks Unlimited, who can also answer questions. As many of you know, the

Finance committee  That's another great question. We appreciate the commitment in the throne speech to enshrine the polluter-pay principle. There have been announcements from the government over the last few months, and we'd like to see new legislation on nuclear power and on Arctic offshore to e

Finance committee  Exactly.

Finance committee  That's a great question. Fresh water is one of those areas that have benefits right across the spectrum. It is critical for our health, critical for providing clean drinking water for Canadians or for anyone who lives near fresh water, which is most of us. It's fundamental for

Finance committee  We have four recommendations: $60 million a year for alleviating land-based runoff of pollutants and nutrients in areas specific to federal jurisdictions involving a number of regionally important freshwater lakes; $25 million to expand and improve upon what the government is doi

Finance committee  I certainly see the problem. I think there are a lot of brilliant people in Canada, and if we can bring in the kind of tax policies that will help drive the emergence of those technologies, it will certainly put us in a lot better place to compete and to make better use of renewa

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. I'll clarify for everyone. There is the national conservation plan that the government has committed to in two Speeches from the Throne, which would be a comprehensive conservation effort. And there is a natural areas conservation program, which you me

Finance committee  It's “I-terson”.

Finance committee  Absolutely.