Finance committee  I live in a rural community, too. I'm in Saint‑Ignace‑de‑Loyola, in the Berthier Islands, so I'm very familiar with that reality. Rural communities across Canada have very different levels of transportation electrification infrastructure. In British Columbia and Quebec, things a

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. People sometimes tend to talk about climate change and the role that the electrification of transportation, among other solutions, can play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, people forget one thing, and that's air pollution. As I said in

Finance committee  We are talking about a few hundred million dollars. To date, the government has given just over half a billion dollars, which is considerably less than what has been given to the oil and gas industry. We will have to make a transition to renewable energy and sustainable transpor

Finance committee  To be perfectly honest, I have to tell you that Canada is lagging behind, but that is also true of the entire western world. Take battery manufacturing, for instance. In 2021, China, South Korea and Japan accounted for 85% of battery production. European countries realized they

Finance committee  That's right. I would add that we don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, when we shipped Canada's and Quebec's natural resources out of the country for processing. Softwood lumber, oil and ore come to mind. In February 2021, Canada and the U.S. signed an agreement to de

Finance committee  Thank you for your question. First, the government has a very important role to play. We are talking about a technological change that will lead to economic disruption. Earlier, a Conservative member asked me why the government should subsidize electric mobility, whether it be a

Finance committee  If you look at the International Monetary Fund, they came out with a study last year that said that we subsidized fossil fuel at a level of $5,900 billion in 2020. Across the world, we've been subsidizing fossil fuel for decades. Back in 2012, President Obama said that they had b

Finance committee  Actually, we have been working with CanREA, the Canadian Renewable Energy Association, and the answer is clear: Right now Canada has one of the cleanest grids in the world, with 82% non-emitting production of electricity and 67% renewable electricity. So it is possible to produce

Finance committee  It will come from different sources. It can come from thermal sources, wind power, solar power and hydroelectricity. That is something that CanREA has already worked on, and—

Finance committee  I'm sorry, Mr. Chair. There's some kind of bizarre feedback in the sound.

Finance committee  What I'm saying is that we are in 2022, and the achieving carbon neutrality will take 28 years until 2050. We have 28 years to make sure that we have enough supply of clean energy. We won't be energy-starved. It has not been an issue. It won't be an issue. We talked to the Canadi

Finance committee  You know what? I will do something specifically for you. I will send you some data as soon as the committee meeting is over so that we can work on that.

Finance committee  It's my pleasure.

Finance committee  Good afternoon. I would like to thank the members of the Standing Committee on Finance for considering our recommendations on the electrification of the transportation sector in advance of the 2022 budget. My name is Daniel Breton, and I am the president and CEO of Electric Mob

International Trade committee  To that particular question, obviously I agree with Brian Kingston. We do need more infrastructure to make sure that Canadians can go across the country from sea to shining sea in an electric vehicle. The issue regarding infrastructure is something that can be addressed quite ea