Finance committee  That's right. We are not sure why subsidies are not available right now for these buses. As with the purchase of any other electric vehicle, the purchase of electric buses is an additional expense for school bus companies. What we want to do is obviously level the playing field,

Finance committee  Power-assisted bikes do cost more than regular bikes. However, as I mentioned in my presentation, they cost less than a car, for example, and they enable their owners to make similar trips. What we are increasingly seeing is that power-assisted bike trips are not only adding to

Finance committee  First, I would focus on the recommendation in our report that proposes the creation of an appliance repair fund. We are talking about this because last week we revealed the results of a study we had launched to try to determine what was holding back repair of electronics and appl

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, members of the committee, good afternoon. My name is Marc‑André Viau. I am the director of government relations at Équiterre. I represent a non-governmental organization that has been working in the environmental field for almost 30 years. We are also members of the G

Public Accounts committee  In fact, that's what we have to do. There are definitely going to be climate impacts. We have to use resources to make a transition that is planned, that is regulated and that will make sure that no community is left behind. That is the priority. We need to make the transition t

Public Accounts committee  I'll answer first, then I'll let my boss, Ms. Thorpe, add her comments. You raised several points in your question. Earlier, we talked about the effectiveness of carbon pricing. I recall that 96% of Canadians voted for parties that offered some form of carbon pricing. So I thin

Public Accounts committee  Madam Chair, I'm finishing up my reply. The last thing we need to do is make sure that fossil fuel subsidies are not replaced by other subsidies, such as those for carbon capture and storage.

Public Accounts committee  Indeed, I used a strong word, because it is true that we are experiencing a dependence on fossil fuels at the moment. A big part of our economy is based on the use and development of this resource. What are the solutions? This was discussed earlier in the conversation. We talked

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. Yes, I am surprised because this is a climate crisis situation that has been acknowledged. At the same time, I am not surprised, in the sense that it is difficult to break out of our dependency. That requires efforts from all departments, including th

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. To conclude our presentation, I will quickly go over the last point, which pertains to planning, and to the role of the commissioner of the environment and sustainable development and of the government. It mainly concerns lessons one, six and eight. Essentially, less

Public Accounts committee  Can you let me wrap up?

Public Accounts committee  Under the act, the commissioner must, at least once every five years, examine and report on the Government of Canada's implementation of measures aimed at mitigating climate change, including initiatives to achieve the most recent target in greenhouse gas emissions mentioned in t

Finance committee  It is hard to say no to this proposal. Of course, we did note some of these proposals during the last election campaign. We were highly motivated to work with parliamentarians on the issue of green finance. As we said earlier, when we raised the issue of the minister of Finance

Finance committee  Thank you for your question and your introduction in French. I am not saying that the industry cannot develop this technology; rather, the government of Canada should not be subsidizing these measures. As I said, the technology will not lead to achieving targets. We're spending

Finance committee  I am also not saying that green hydrogen is a panacea. It is actually the opposite. We think that green hydrogen is the only type of hydrogen that should be developed. That does not mean, however, that it will change the world. We cannot count on this solution to reduce emissions