Environment committee  The U.K., with the devolved powers, is different. It's an apples-to-oranges situation. Taking a step back, the bigger point is that there will always be these more difficult challenges in terms of the constitutional arrangements between different state actors. It prevents a compl

Environment committee  Yes, I think so—with key amendments.

Environment committee  As the resident Brit—and being half Scottish—I should probably take a first crack at that. Obviously, yes, Britain doesn't have quite the complex federal system that Canada has, but it's not exactly simple, constitutionally, as you might have gathered from watching the news in r

Environment committee  Andrew, maybe I'll go first and hand it over to you. A 2025 target would undoubtedly improve the bill and provide that more immediate accountability checkpoint. However, again I'd bring it back to the need for detail in plans, because if you think about it, the real key accounta

Environment committee  This is one of the features of the bill that perhaps hasn't received as much attention as it should. It's actually quite a positive provision and would require this kind of advanced warning mechanism. If we see that there is a risk and a target's going to be missed, there's a req

Environment committee  I just want to check. Is the sound okay for the translation service?

Environment committee  In short, and to be frank—and I'm looking to Andrew to develop my answers—it doesn't stack up well compared to international examples. We've heard a lot about the U.K. I'd also mention New Zealand as a more recent and possibly better example. Some of the key criticisms we've al

Environment committee  Okay, I'll do my best to talk clearly. I'm going to focus on the emissions reduction plans, which I've explained are really the key to success of Bill C-12. That's because if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Too often, Canada has failed to meet climate targets because it has

Environment committee  Thank you for the opportunity to talk to you today. I am Alan Andrews, the climate director at Ecojustice, where I lead a program of law reform and litigation aimed at securing a stable climate. I'm joining you from the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musque