Finance committee  The goal is to use the least possible amount of new resources and use what is already there, to put it back into the economy and develop resources more sustainably. This economy has a great deal of potential for development. We can look at what is being done by the Netherlands, f

Finance committee  Certainly. The basic principle of the circular economy is to transform what is already there. So, we're talking about—

Finance committee  Of course.

Finance committee  Perfect, thank you. What we are asking for, among other things, as an equitable organization, but also as a member of the Green Budget Coalition, are investments that will allow us to ensure good soil health. If we want good soil health, it is because soil is a tool to fight c

Finance committee  I don't have the numbers in front of me for the current deployment. I know that efforts have been made to connect all of Canada's communities. Further efforts should continue, certainly.

Finance committee  I am not as well placed as my colleagues who appeared last Monday on behalf of the Green Budget Coalition. We support the Green Budget Coalition, but we are not responsible for the housing sector. That said, we fully support the requests made, given that we are in the same Coalit

Finance committee  We noticed this in the first implementation phase of this subsidy program, which was an important program to generate buyer interest in electric vehicles. In terms of switching the entire personal vehicle fleet to electric vehicles, we're a long way from that. In the first versio

Finance committee  Previous witnesses talked about innovation. We have nothing against the fact that the industry is pursuing this type of research for development and innovation, if that is what it wants to do. However, in our opinion, taxpayers should not have to pay for these technologies. We a

Finance committee  We have stated our opinion on this issue, both at the federal level and in Québec.

Finance committee  We are in favour of green hydrogen and the deployment of the green hydrogen sector, but only from that sector. Other sectors will serve only to continue to use fossil fuels.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Ste‑Marie. First, I want to make a quick comment. Your colleague, Mr. McLean, referred earlier to the witnesses as rent‑seekers. I want to clarify that only one of my four recommendations today calls for money. The others concern, for example, the elimination of f

Finance committee  Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the Standing Committee on Finance, thank you for having me here today. My name is Marc‑André Viau. I'm the director of government relations at Équiterre, an environmental NGO with over 150,000 members and supporters. The organization focuses

Environment committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Bachrach. As we've seen in the past, we've missed our targets because the plans don't include measures that would help us meet them. If we don't establish a direct connection in Bill C-12 between the measures outlined in the plans and the target

Environment committee  Thank you for that question. We actually recommend opting for absolute reductions. In the past, we've tried to use compensatory systems and untested technologies. However, we have to rely on what exists in order to draw a roadmap that works. As my colleague said, the reductions

Environment committee  Can you hear me now?