Environment committee  Carbon pricing systems have shown that they're successful in reducing emissions. Every emission or tonne of emissions reduced has a real impact, in terms of both avoided climate impacts and avoided health impacts from air pollution. The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Clim

Environment committee  If we reduce carbon dioxide concentrations in the air, then we will have less warming and reduce climate variation as a result of climate change.

Environment committee  Yes, absolutely. Carbon pricing does spur innovation and help to support our clean-tech sector. Another example is in Ontario. In 2017 there were 5,000 companies in Ontario's clean-tech sector, employing 130,000 people and generating about $20 billion in revenue each year. These

Environment committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, and members of the committee. My name is Joanna Kyriazis, and I am a senior policy adviser for Clean Energy Canada, a climate and clean-energy think tank at Simon Fraser University. I am based here in Ottawa. I'd like to spend my time with the commit