Environment committee  To be clear, we don't conduct academic research on the issue. We look at [Technical difficulty—Editor] examples and opportunities for our clients to make strategic decisions across their operations if they are private sector, or other decisions if they are from the public and [Te

Environment committee  Yes, I fully agree with that. There is an interesting reality today that 45 national jurisdictions and 25 subnational jurisdictions have a price on pollution, whether it's a tax or an emission trading scheme. The most effective at emission reductions are those that have them joi

Environment committee  I fully agree. You see that same trajectory in California as well. There are examples in B.C. I think the Australian example is not quite unique.

Environment committee  We see the studies that demonstrate that, in future projections and in modelling the rebate system, and how individual households will be affected differently across the provinces. Interesting studies have been released in the last several weeks that demonstrate that, and I fully

Environment committee  I fully agree. I will give you an example. One of our clients is BHP, the mining company in Australia. They saw that opportunity during the carbon pricing system in Australia. That's exactly what happened. They saw the market opportunity and the financial opportunity and, as th

Environment committee  Thank you. I was going to end with a line from Schwarzenegger, which is basically, "I don't care if you believe in climate change, but if you believe in money then you should be interested in the price on carbon."

Environment committee  That's wonderful. Thank you so much. At EcoAdvisors, we look at the financial opportunities of sustainability and a zero-carbon future. That's the business of what we do. We're a consulting business. It's a great opportunity for us to speak here because we tend to focus our atte