Finance committee  Other environmental legislation has a formal concept of equivalency. Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, the federal government has the authority to stand down a regulation that has been promulgated under the act when entering into an agreement with another jurisdict

Finance committee  I was just going to say that we are at your disposal if you have further questions.

Finance committee  I believe that Yukon has publicly disclosed their analysis. The Northwest Territories undertook an extensive engagement process with its residents to talk about the likely impact of pricing and different design options, both for pricing and for revenue use and, as I say, is now v

Finance committee  Sorry. That's actually not what I intended to say.

Finance committee  No, that's not the case. What I'm trying to explain is that we are giving time to provinces and territories to make their own decisions. It's not for the federal government to tell Canadians what the impact of a provincial decision might or might not be until that province has ac

Finance committee  Yes. I was the designated review officer for over 10 years for Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Finance committee  There are a couple of points. First of all, the system is designed to be as durable and flexible as possible. It's designed so that it can be applied anywhere in Canada. Also, as your colleague aptly pointed out, it's conceivable that there will be changes in provincial policies

Finance committee  We've also been working closely with each of the other provinces, including modelling of various types of pricing options that they are each considering—P.E.I., New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Manitoba. We actually have a delegation of modellers and policy

Finance committee  My point was that after a province makes a decision.... For example, the Northwest Territories is looking at its own system. They have announced an intention, but they haven't fully disclosed all the details, understandably, because they have not all been worked out yet. When t

Finance committee  The obligation on the federal government is to return the money to the jurisdiction from which it came. The government has two options: it can return the money directly to the government or jurisdiction, or it can return the money to persons who are designated. “Persons” is a leg

Finance committee  The way this bill is structured, it has two main parts: a charge and the output-based pricing system. Either part can be imposed on its own or they can be imposed together. The way that occurs is by adding the name of a jurisdiction to a schedule in the act by means of an order i

Finance committee  The federal system would then apply in place of the provincial system.

Finance committee  I'll answer the last part of the question; I think that the first part was a statement. The federal government will have the authority under this bill to impose this carbon pricing system on any jurisdiction in Canada that does not have a pricing system that aligns with the natio

Finance committee  Yes. The federal government will have that authority.

Finance committee  I cannot make that commitment at this time. In providing advice to ministers about options for carbon pricing and to inform the final design of a system, we of course did various kinds of legal, economic, and other analysis. That analysis was all prepared for the purpose of enabl