Finance committee  This sounds more like industrial tax policy.

Finance committee  I think the cleaner electric service would certainly be a better way to go in all facets of growing your electricity—

Finance committee  Absolutely. I think one problem is that we don't yet have full pricing of pollution and energy impacts; that when governments and businesses are looking to make the right choices, the fiscal framework doesn't give them the right structure.

Finance committee  Not at all.

Finance committee  I don't think I can accurately assess where we stand compared with other countries, but I can certainly say that putting in new tax incentives for energy storage would be a critical step forward. Stronger energy storage would be a real tool to accelerate the growth of renewable e

Finance committee  Honourable committee members, thank you very much for inviting the Green Budget Coalition to speak to you today. The Green Budget Coalition, as many of you would know, is a unique initiative that brings together 14 of Canada's leading environmental and conservation groups repres

Finance committee  I'm not expert enough to comment on that.

Finance committee  I'm honestly not an expert on other countries' subsidies. I did want to clarify something, which is that in the latest budget your government phased out the corporate mineral exploration tax credit; however, there is a mineral exploration tax credit that remains in place, which

Finance committee  Yes, there clearly is a difference between a carbon tax and a cap and trade system. A carbon tax puts more of a fee on—

Finance committee  —fuel through the whole system. A cap and trade effectively does the same thing by requiring emitters to buy permits to pollute, and the clean energy companies—and there are a lot of leaders in Alberta that would be able to make a lot of money out of cap and trade—would be able t

Finance committee  The government, to its credit, has reduced subsidies in three of the last six budgets. We appreciate that, and we're highlighting three mechanisms that I mentioned we'd like to see for this year's budget. Those would help reduce another $300 million or $400 million, the key being

Finance committee  Thanks, Guy, for your question. We appreciate that the government is making efforts to deal with climate change. As we have also said, we believe that a price on carbon, be it via a carbon tax or cap and trade, would be a more efficient and cost-effective way to more quickly an

Finance committee  Mr. Chairman and honourable committee members, thank you for inviting the Green Budget Coalition to speak to you today. I am pleased to be joined by Nathan Lemphers from the Pembina Institute. I expect Alison Woodley, the national conservation director for CPAWS, the Canadian P

Finance committee  We're supportive of either a cap and trade or a carbon tax. The important thing with either one is that they're implemented properly and designed properly. Maybe to touch on the subsidies, I want to point out that the International Institute for Sustainable Development did a th

Finance committee  There has been really important progress over the years. The government has been building up a strong capacity to implement the act, but we still need to strengthen that, and do more on the ground species recovery.