Environment committee  I might also just suggest that the dichotomy suggested between interest and expertise is potentially a bit of a false one. There are people who can be experts and also be interested and come from different spaces. There's no reason someone from labour couldn't be an expert. There

Environment committee  I can't speak for the members and whether or not they were consulted. We were not. From our vantage point, it was a bit of a surprise to see the goalposts moved overnight. That's still another element that we'd like to see. There are a lot of different companies in Canada that h

Environment committee  They're significant. It essentially means that you might have had an emissions reduction strategy that no longer meets the goal that the government sets. It creates ripple effects where there are concerns. We've moved from, say, a 30% benchmark now, to 40%, to 45%. Well, how is t

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  More information is always helpful. Of course, it has to pertain to the details of what that information is going to look like. It's also, though, the input that we're really trying to put stress on. When you look at an advisory body that's being proposed, I think it's going to

Environment committee  Thank you so much for the question. Yes, absolutely, we've already seen in the design of Canada's climate policy that a number of policies get designed federally that do have provincial implications. In some cases, there are duplications, as well. A few examples include the work

Environment committee  Absolutely. I think when we approach something like Bill C-12, that's something everyone is looking for in the business community. They're looking for more confidence in terms of what these decarbonization strategies will look like. They're looking at the ability to know what sor

Environment committee  Yes, absolutely. I think that's a really good suggestion.

Environment committee  Coming to that second component, I think the interaction with provincial governments is crucially important, and I think we've heard different recommendations on what that could look like. From a business-side perspective, one thing that we're hearing repeatedly and that I think

Environment committee  Yes. That would be our position. I think there is definitely consensus that's where we want to go. We want to get to net zero by 2050. There certainly are better ways to do it, and there are more cost-effective ways to do it. One of our concerns is making sure that those consid

Environment committee  I think that kind of study is important. Those are going to be the types of inquiries that I think are going to have to be made throughout the different sectors of this bill. When we're thinking about decarbonization strategies, that relates to the resource sector; it relates t

Environment committee  That's not a recommendation that we formally made, but I think that having different ministers put forward appointees on the advisory board is a good measure to make sure that you really do get the diversity of perspectives. As said, the transition to net zero is going to have so

Environment committee  Thank you. Chair and honourable members, it is a pleasure to appear before the environment and sustainable development standing committee to share my comments on Bill C-12. Thank you for the invitation. For those I have not met, my name is Aaron Henry. I am the senior director