Natural Resources committee  I absolutely would agree with that. There's the old saying that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and I think it applies absolutely to these respective technologies. With carbon capture and storage, you're trying to put the genie back in the bottle after you've alr

Natural Resources committee  I think our focus has been on what needs to be done to get a stable climate. There would probably be significant impacts but, by signalling it in terms of caps going forward, whether it's through production caps or emissions caps, you're providing some certainty to the industry a

Natural Resources committee  As I mentioned in my presentation, historically, I don't think there are any examples of countries that have dramatically reduced their greenhouse gas emissions while also dramatically increasing their production of oil, gas or coal. If Canada were to do that, it would be the fir

Natural Resources committee  A cap and trade seems like a very well-established route. Quebec is currently part of a cap and trade system, although economy-wide rather than for a particular industry. We have other examples where that has been done historically, and is still being done. Again, without necess

Natural Resources committee  One of the recommendations that the Climate Action Network groups have made is simply that we should actually be looking not just at the upstream emissions associated with the oil and gas industry but also downstream emissions, where those are not currently captured by the carbon

Natural Resources committee  I certainly have thoughts. Here's the one answer. The fact is, you're hearing conflicting views on that because there are pros and cons to both of those approaches. That's why we've tended to focus in the submissions we've sent to this Climate Action Network Canada on the fundame

Natural Resources committee  With the hard cap, primarily the time involved in putting the legislation in place or the system in place would be a major con. A pro is that, you know, the oil and gas industry has a history of being treated perhaps differently, more lightly, than the rest of the industry. I k

Natural Resources committee  Thank you to the committee, both for the invitation and for your work in investigating this important question. I join you from the territory of the Lekwungen-speaking people on southern Vancouver Island. Canada set its goal to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050,

Environment committee  The U.K. legislation specifically says that, if the U.K. government is including measures that relate to the authority of Scotland or Wales, it's required to consult. The process is set out. I think the concern here is that, if you create an act that deals with the difficulties

Environment committee  The importance of transparency around.... We need to talk to the provinces and we need to ensure that the measures the provinces are doing are celebrated and put front and centre in our plans. It's very helpful.

Environment committee  Are you talking about subclause 10(3)?

Environment committee  It's actually one of the problematic sections, I think, in the sense that by saying the plans “may contain” other information related to these other levels of government, businesses, etc., and indigenous governments, it allows the government an out for accountability. Ultimately,

Environment committee  Absolutely.

Environment committee  Certainly, sequestration is hugely important, obviously, and carbon sinks are absolutely critical. I think that, if that's something the committee wants to add to the bill, that could potentially make sense. I would caution against rolling it into the existing planning and repo

Environment committee  One of our recommendations is that a summary of the provincial actions the government is relying on to achieve the milestone target be included in the plans, along with the modelling associated with that. An assessment report would presumably also—