Environment committee  Thank you for your question. First of all, it's important to make a distinction here: Catherine Abreu sits on the committee in a personal capacity, and I'm here today to present the remarks of Climate Action Network Canada. We've been working this way with our members and allies

Environment committee  First, I'm going to speak briefly about the carbon budget. A carbon budget provides a clearer picture for the purpose of making decisions on regulations and infrastructure, for example, which have an impact on our GHG emissions. Here's an analogy. If I want to cut my spending by

Environment committee  Yes, those mechanisms should be interrelated. The Paris Agreement doesn't impose targets on the signatory parties. Instead it's the targets themselves that determine what are called the NDCs. The Paris Agreement states that, every five years, countries must communicate their ne

Environment committee  Thank you for your question. Near-term ambition is important. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, we will have to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 if we are to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius and thus avoid the catastrophi

Environment committee  That's a good question. The International Energy Agency's report suggests many ideas for specific public policies. Ultimately, the agency informs us on the role that science plays. That's the aim of the agency's report: to demonstrate scientifically what we must do to reduce our

Environment committee  Thank you for your question. It's important to note that it's a good thing the target is periodically revised. That's part of the process for increasing contributions under the Paris Agreement whereby the parties normally review their targets every five years. We take a positive

Environment committee  I think it's a good idea to add the target to the bill. However, my colleagues and I really view Bill C-12 as a governance framework. Consequently, we feel it's somewhat less important that the bill include the exact figure. However, we want to have assurances that the governmen

Environment committee  Thank you. Yes, it's very important to have an independent advisory committee that would be responsible for providing the government with advice on selected plans for achieving fixed targets and on the targets themselves. There also has to be project accountability. For that pu

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for having us. Today I am speaking from the unceded lands of the Kanien'keháka people. I represent Climate Action Network Canada, which is a network of more than 130 organizations, including labour, development, faith-based and indigen

Industry committee  Thank you for the question. Certainly, given the government's purchasing power in procurement, this is an excellent opportunity to create a ripple effect on the economy by contributing to this transformation. Moreover, it will be important, when this change related to procureme

Industry committee  Thank you for the question. Before asking my colleague to complete my answer, I would like to explain my frowns. I want to set the record straight on the issue of renewable energy subsidies, which has come up several times. This issue can't be examined without also looking at f

Industry committee  This may take many forms, such as tax credits or programs that establish a cost for greenhouse gas emissions based on the polluter pays principle.

Industry committee  All of the new infrastructure planned as part of the expansion of the oil and gas sectors is for export. In Canada, the expansion of these sectors is, in a way, detached from the issue of energy demand and how Canadians get their energy. That doesn't mean that the fossil fuel dem

Industry committee  That's a very good question. We know that SUVs contribute to the increase in greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector. I invite you, Mr. Généreux, to consult an Équiterre report on the advertising and marketing expenses for this type of vehicle. I'd be happy to send

Industry committee  Thank you very much for the question. First, it is important to note that several countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany, announced new targets in the context of the President Joe Biden's climate summit. Canada announced a new greenhouse gas reduc