Natural Resources committee  Thank you for having us.

Natural Resources committee  I know the committee has heard from Professor Jaccard on this matter. Strictly speaking, from an economics perspective, these targets could be reached without a carbon tax. I think that from a practical perspective, when I look at where Canada is today, my answer is, no, we can't

Natural Resources committee  I would absolutely agree that these policies are implemented with taxpayers or, more preferably, citizens in mind. I think when I was discussing the idea of risk, what I was trying to get at was that in my experience interacting—and I should be clear of course that I don't repre

Natural Resources committee  Okay.

Natural Resources committee  Certainly I would be happy to connect you with my colleagues who are leading our participation in that consultation process, which I believe is ongoing. I think that the government is looking to have that concluded by the fall so that investments can start getting under way.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Cannings. I believe that the clean fuel regulation is fundamentally on the right track, but I think that we've ended up in a situation, just given the length of time it's taken to develop this admittedly fairly complex policy, in a place where the regulation is pe

Natural Resources committee  It's a great question. Thank you. To take the example of the federal low-carbon fuel standard or clean fuel regulation, actually we have a proposal from the leader of the opposition that would see the stringency of the signal of that policy actually go beyond what is currently p

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. May. Well, it's a very big question, I think. To pick up on something that Mr. O'Connor was emphasizing in his remarks, one of the things that I think this committee could potentially have an influence on, given the fact that the clean fuel regulations have yet

Natural Resources committee  Well, I think we have a bit of a model that the federal government has already started to develop in its just transition task force for powering past coal. We have made federal investments in some centres to develop new training opportunities for oil and gas workers. Clearly, the

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Patzer. I certainly do believe we need to take sustainability considerations into account when it comes to biofuel production. Mr. O'Connor would be able to speak to that in depth, I'm sure. I would agree with what Mr. Wolinetz said in his comme

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, members of the committee. Thank you for the invitation to speak today. My name is Bora Plumptre. I'm a senior analyst at The Pembina Institute in the federal policy program, and I'm really excited to take this opportunity to speak about th