Government Operations committee  Oh, absolutely. They have no incentive in terms of protecting their long-term reputation and no incentive to misrepresent any of these numbers.

Government Operations committee  Thank you so much for having me. My name is Benjamin Dachis. I'm the associate director of research at the C.D. Howe Institute. We are an independent not-for-profit organization that aims to raise Canadians' living standards by fostering economically sound public polices. I'm t

Natural Resources committee  Carbon pricing is designed to create a hardship when it comes to carbon emissions, so that's exactly to your point.

Natural Resources committee  When it comes to the incentives for oil and gas exploration, we have to think of them as part of a broader package, about what an efficient, broader economy tax system would look like, where we want to encourage, across the entire economy, the kind of behaviour that isn't a slam

Natural Resources committee  I don't have a clue about that one.

Natural Resources committee  I'll throw that to you, Chris.

Natural Resources committee  I'll admit I'm not—

Natural Resources committee  By these five principles, are you talking about the specific federal commitments on this? Maybe not.

Natural Resources committee  I'd focus my remarks on one in particular that does stick out like a sore thumb, which is on the assessing of [Technical difficulty—Editor] greenhouse gas emissions, which is that this is both dubious legally—this might result in some uncomfortable legal positions for the federal

Natural Resources committee  No doubt renewable energy is going to make up a much larger share of our energy sources. I don't know when, but it will probably be a lot more in the long term than many people think, but also probably a lot less in the short term than many people think. It will be there, but we

Natural Resources committee  Innovation is absolutely going to be the way that Canadian energy producers compete globally. Again, in your shoes, you have to ask yourself, what can Canadian governments, and in particular the federal government, do in order to foster that innovation? When it comes to thinking

Natural Resources committee  Pipelines are a necessary but not a sufficient condition.

Natural Resources committee  The federal government's campaign commitment was specifically limited to restricting the use by companies, oil and gas companies, for what are called Canadian exploration expenses. It was specifically limiting them to only be able to deduct them when they have an unsuccessful exp

Natural Resources committee  We live in a democratic society. If you have a pipeline that is not approved by the vast majority of people who might be near it or be affected by it in some sort of way, it's probably not going to get built. There has to be some way of dealing with these sorts of issues that mak

Natural Resources committee  Thank you so much for having me speak to you today, even if I couldn't make it in person. I'm an associate director of research at the C.D. Howe Institute. For those who are not aware, the C.D. Howe Institute is an independent, not-for-profit, research institute whose mission is