Finance committee  Mr. Rajotte, I think you're suggesting a mild form of revolution in this country with respect to Canadian consumption of electricity and water. We are the greatest wasters of those two resources in the world. We're completely spoiled as a people. It's been too cheap. Until rece

Finance committee  Instead of a tax rebate, which is mechanical, administrative, and costly to manage, why not just lower their personal income taxes and give them more money in their pockets every year?

Finance committee  I guess there's no magic bullet, is there?

Finance committee  Is that a comment, sir, or a question?

Finance committee  Or you?

Finance committee  I don't mean to be flippant—

Finance committee  —but it's pretty tough. In this country, with the jurisdictional divisions--as Mr. Mulcair knows, as former Minister of the Environment in Quebec--it's very frustrating for the feds to put their finger on environmental issues and say, “We think you should do this” or “You should

Finance committee  No, we haven't, in short, and you're right about the IJC. It was established many years ago, as you know, and sometimes it's caught between a rock and a hard place because it has to deal with priorities, policies, and practices of the United States. In terms of protecting the G