Finance committee  Thank you so much for that question. As I said earlier, Équiterre is in favour of legislation that enshrines Canada's Paris agreement targets in law. We are looking at ways to make the 2030 targets more ambitious and to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. We may add some detail

Finance committee  Okay. I briefly mentioned the importance of taking into account the increase in the absolute value of the oil and gas sector's emissions, not just the carbon intensity of each barrel. The sector's greenhouse gas emissions are rising even though the carbon intensity of each barre

Finance committee  Thank you very much for the question. I would first like to answer another question that was asked earlier about the carbon intensity of a Canadian barrel of oil. I believe it is important to keep in mind that oil and gas sector emissions have increased since the last update. Ev

Finance committee  In fact, Équiterre does not want to see Canada promote or provide fossil fuel subsidies, either during a crisis or in normal times. With respect to the use of the Canada Account, Mr. Viau mentioned in our speech that we are very concerned about how Export Development Canada is ve

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. The entire Équiterre team hopes that the families of all MPs and witnesses are also well. For the past few years, we have calculated the amount of federal subsidies for fossil fuels with the help of our counterparts at the International Institute for

Finance committee  I do not have the figures at hand right now, but there is a lot of data on the economic impact of climate change. For example, there is the impact on public health, the deaths linked to pollution. For insurers, there are the costs related to the flooding that has occurred in rece

Finance committee  I would say that even in a crisis—

Finance committee  Thank you for your question. In 2019, consultations were held concerning workers and communities that rely on coal-fired electricity generation. I'm sure you heard about a consultative group that toured the country and included the most affected members of communities. This grou

Finance committee  Thank you. On May 11, the Prime Minister announced the large employer emergency financing facility, or LEEFF, yet we still do not know how much total financing will be available through this program. LEEFF recipients will have to commit to publishing annual climate-related disc