Finance committee  It really would be more appropriate on the Green Budget Coalition side.

Finance committee  I'm not an economist, but if there's one thing we know, it is that the dialogue is new in this area. Our symposium only emphasized that. Having long discussions with Mr. Balsillie about the first time ever that 12 clean-tech CEOs came to Ottawa to speak to the federal government,

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members, for this opportunity. Canadians are facing a climate urgency. Natural disasters are ever-increasing in frequency and intensity. Think of Hurricane William and Fort McMurray as recent examples. There are ever-increasing needs and costs