Finance committee  I'll start with what it does. The $30 million would be leveraged against the existing assets from the earlier question for the programs that are already on the ground—for example, the target-based sustainability programs in Ontario, the BEEPs in B.C., smart energy communities th

Finance committee  I'm in favour of a conversation where we have businesses taking action on climate, creating new jobs, increasing the tax base, and growing a low-carbon economy at the same time. I think a question like that creates a false dichotomy that isn't particularly relevant to the invest

Finance committee  I don't think it's particularly relevant to the investment. Brent, did you want to share more?

Finance committee  It's a great question. I'll be very brief. This is for the Sustainability CoLab Network, one of the four entities in the Low Carbon Partnership. We choose our members based on four approaches they much follow. They must be local, working with businesses. The businesses must be

Finance committee  If I can jump in, I think a very tangible example of one of the key assets I mentioned in the presentation is the trust and relationships in communities on the ground across the country. A conversation like this is generally not a very easy one. The Natural Step has been having

Finance committee  Thank you so much. You'll have to walk through some paper slides as I go along the way.

Finance committee  Again, thank you for the opportunity to be with you this morning. My name is Mike Morrice. I'm the executive director of Sustainability CoLab. I'm joined by Brent Gilmore, the executive director of Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow, or QUEST. He and I are here on behalf of