Fisheries committee  The situation could be both, yes. It could be that the data are not there and the quotas are set too low, or the data are not there and the quotas are set too high. It could be either.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, thank you for this opportunity to appear before your committee to discuss our report on monitoring marine fisheries catch, which was tabled in the House of Commons on November 7, 2023. I would like to acknowledge that this hearing is taking place on the traditional u

Environment committee  They can immediately acquire light-duty electric vehicles. There will be a waiting period, because the market is rather limited, but they need to start with that immediately. As far as heavy-duty trucks are concerned, they will have to wait a few years until the technology has ad

Environment committee  That's our recommendation in terms of strategic approach. Since light-duty electric vehicles are available right away, they need to acquire some faster. It will take a few years, however, to see if electric trucks will be available. They need to set targets and proceed gradually.

Environment committee  In a few seconds.... In terms of low-hanging fruit, I'm not sure if it's that easy or whether an analogy could be made to Tantalus. We'll have to see in terms of how easy it is to switch. I believe there actually is a requirement for executives—ministers and deputy ministers...

Environment committee  There is more and more recognition of the interplay between the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis, both in terms of the negative effects of climate on biodiversity, and also the role that nature can play in helping address climate issues, so the arrows go both ways in th

Environment committee  We published our reports on net-zero emissions, the current one and the previous one, well before the 2030 target in order to give the departments and agencies time to revise their approach and the chance to meet their targets instead of failing once again. They still have enough

Environment committee  We receive only the information that they disclose. It's not like a court, which receives the information in confidence and assesses whether the blacked-out information was properly blacked out or not. We have no reason to believe they were inappropriately withholding information

Environment committee  There's a risk regarding the sustainability of the management. We had hoped to look at both the quality of the information base—that is, the monitoring data—and how it's used to good effect to sustain fisheries, but because we encountered so many of the same problems that we had

Environment committee  Having conducted an audit at the provincial level in my previous work as well, I can speak to that in part. It's a whole-of-society issue to address climate change, as is the related biodiversity crisis. Those are whole-of-society crises that need to be addressed. It's not only

Environment committee  The chief justice—and I think it's the last paragraph of the impact assessment decision that was just released—talks about co-operative federalism, which I think is what you're getting at. He also talks, in the first paragraph, about the fundamental value of the environment and t

Environment committee  Yes. I characterize it as one of the big-ticket items, along with the regulation. As you mentioned, there are others, like incentives or subsidies. I believe the department estimates that pollution pricing is going to account for roughly one-third of the reductions it's seeking.

Environment committee  There are impacts on the behaviour of consumers in terms of choice of vehicles, but there is also impact on the market and manufacturers. If there is certainty of a carbon price going up, there'll be an acceleration—under economic theory—in the research and development and bringi

Environment committee  We audit the federal government, not the private sector. It's up to the federal government to make sure the math adds up in terms of all the sectors reaching the target for 2030. It hasn't been the case in the previous plans. They haven't reached the targets, even though—as has b

Environment committee  I can't give you an answer that's specific as to when people feel confident enough that it's worth their while to switch. The carbon levy is escalating by $15 per year to 2030. It will affect people differently. When one person is ready to say, “Okay, I think it's worth my while,