Finance committee  This is a very long and complicated discussion. We have made significant new investments in the United States as well. It is a very delicate negotiation. The government support that we received is very important. Whether that's in the form of a tax credit or in the partnerships

Finance committee  Like Mr. Strickland said before me, the sooner this bill passes, the easier it will be for those investments to come to the fore. We have made a final investment decision, but we're a long way from putting our project back in operation. We want to put it back in operation by 203

Finance committee  I don't want to create a Canadian heritage moment, but you're right. There are many opportunities in Canada. With the advent of the new chemistries that are being developed and the solutions that are on the table, we can attract them to Canada. If we don't have the right enviro

Finance committee  In 2021, when the project was first announced, the CEO of Dow made a very public declaration about how important it was to have a market-based carbon trading regime. He used the opportunity to actually call on the United States to create a similar regime there. For a net-zero fa

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair. Through you, I would like to extend my warmest regards to the other members of the committee. I am proud to speak to the committee about Dow Canada. Dow operates two manufacturing sites in Alberta, located in Fort Saskatchewan and Lacombe County. The A

Environment committee  That's an incredibly important point, and I'd love to discuss it further with you at Manhattans pizzeria on Gordon Street, one of my favourite places. You're exactly right. We have officials at Environment Canada and Health Canada who are experts in this space. If we are prescr

Environment committee  We have a trilogy of acts that apply to all confidential business information—

Environment committee  I'm not sure that I agree with the underlying assumption that they're not doing these audits. Access to information requests are conspicuously published on the government website, and they are audited by Canadians.

Environment committee  I can't answer that question, because the underlying premise of the question is incorrect.

Environment committee  I don't know about the second half of your question, because we are part of a global marketplace. What I would tell you is that if innovation was going to happen and there were potential confidential business implications, that innovation wouldn't happen in Canada. Similarly, in

Environment committee  That is very much the case.

Environment committee  Thank you very much. Absolutely. What we have seen through the approximately 4,300 risk assessments is that Health Canada or Environment Canada will identify an exposure that is of concern and that needs to have a specific risk management instrument created, but it's not all exp

Environment committee  I think it would continue the 20-year legacy of Canada's extremely advanced position on chemicals management. That's why the part of the bill that Dr. MacDonald just referred to needs to advance as quickly as possible. It's so we know what the future of chemicals management will

Environment committee  If we get it wrong, there is the opportunity for innovation to be deselected out of the country and go into other jurisdictions. On the confidential business information piece, there was one amendment from the Senate—on living organisms, admittedly—where they required demonstrab

Environment committee  Oh no.