Environment committee  Like the devil in holy water.

Environment committee  The Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, as a whole and in this sector in particular, is a powerful boost to the efforts of the federal government, the provinces and the country as a whole. The targets are ambitious. In our view, they are achievable and real

Environment committee  I would say that generally speaking, I mentioned the fact that Canada was an high energy user. It's true across the board. Today we've been focusing, as per the committee's deliberations, on buildings, but generally speaking, in industry, in manufacturing, and in transportation

Environment committee  —for many reasons, but also just for their sheer bottom line. Are they all there? No, but I think this is a bit of a generational shift that we'll have to observe and encourage.

Environment committee  True.

Environment committee  Well, I'm thinking spontaneously. I'm not the authority on making international comparisons, but I'm thinking of South Korea, Germany, Japan.... For me, these are off the cuff, without data to back me up, but it's who I'm thinking of when considering where the leaders are.

Environment committee  I could attempt to talk about this first dimension. We touched on the other one a little bit before, but maybe colleagues will have something to add. You mentioned the cost of a geothermal unit. This is actually a great example of the kind of work that is currently happening wit

Environment committee  Will do, yes.

Environment committee  Coming from the ministry looking after forestry, the Canadian Forest Service and NRCan, as you know, it's really an opportunity that we share because we want to diversify and expand our markets. I would add that it's not just an opportunity in B.C. or in Canada, but also abroad.

Environment committee  As a general point, that would be true for Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, and out west. I know that governments and citizens are concerned about rising energy costs. In that regard, efforts to invest smartly in energy efficiency is certainly a way to mitigate that, at least

Environment committee  I have three points to relay on this. First, I think for any building owner, whether they own shopping malls, warehouses, or their homes or a condo, they need to be aware of how much energy they use. Where is it going? With some basic, easy apps or tools, you can already picture

Environment committee  It's super attractive from a financial perspective. We need to make sure that Canadians act on it. We have a number of seven- and eight-year technologies out there that could be implemented very effectively and be attractive for folks to use. But we have to keep it simple, becaus

Environment committee  That's an important question. In the world of real estate construction in Canada, there are many small players, entrepreneurs, who typically build a few hundred houses. The market is therefore very fragmented when it comes to production, which is why it's important to develop tra

Environment committee  I can start. The objectives are certainly ambitious. We met people from 23 countries last week here in Ottawa. We talked about our collective challenges. Each of us feels the pressure of achieving the objectives and recognizes that it is imperative to do so. The federal governm

Environment committee  The committee member raised an excellent point, and we've been debating this with our provincial and territorial colleagues very carefully to try to find that sweet spot between yes, being ambitious, but also being realistic in terms of what's out there and where the price point