Science and Research committee  Thank you for sparing me the homework. I don't see another country hitting all six of these markers, but there are certainly other countries that are doing better than we are. If you look at Canada within the G7 context, our success in lowering emissions is the worst among G7 co

Science and Research committee  That would be an example of marker three, moving to mandatory measures, yes.

Science and Research committee  Thank you. I would walk you through those six markers that I gave you. Spend what it takes to win. I was starting to get at that with the other question. We're not there yet. Sir Nicholas Stern says we should be spending about 2% of GDP to tackle the climate emergency. In the

Science and Research committee  Thank you for your question. The military production scale in World War II, of course, predates the moon shot, but I think it is an example of a “moonshotesque” program. Consider this: At the outbreak of the Second World War, Canada had virtually no military production to speak

Science and Research committee  We need both government and the private sector, and both have an important role, but in an emergency—I think this is one of the key lessons—we don't allow the private sector to determine the allocation of vital resources. Let me give you an American example from that war story. C

Science and Research committee  Thank you very much, Chair Duncan, for this invitation. I'm joining you from the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations, otherwise known as Vancouver. It's an honour to be in such distinguished company today. In truth, I'm not entirely certain

Finance committee  In the case of Alberta, we saw some support for the coal transition—not enough—and of course far more went to the coal companies than to communities and workers. This is what I'm trying to get at. There's stuff that's happening, but we need that hopeful and compelling alternative

Finance committee  I guess what I'm saying is that your role in bringing this about, with a transition transfer like this, is something that you could point to.

Finance committee  I don't have all the costs at my fingertips, but they're huge. To give you just one example, the atmospheric river event that happened last November here in this province had a total public and private cost in the billions. That's one event. There are the costs.... There are mou

Finance committee  Well, it is a tool that's helpful because, as the price of natural gas in our homes or the price of fuel increases, it may signal, particularly when both industry and consumers are facing a capital change of their vehicle or their furnace or whatever, that this pricing factors in

Finance committee  It absolutely plays an important role. There you go—nice and short.

Finance committee  Well, it's one of my favourite quotes, too, from C.D. Howe—he was, of course, an icon in the Liberal Party government during the Second World War—that if we lose the war, nothing will matter. That is certainly true of the climate crisis. If we do not do what we have to do, the co

Finance committee  No, not necessarily. I actually think that a lot of the key tools for what we need to do are in provincial hands and, to a lesser extent, municipal hands. That's the point of the transfer. For most of the climate infrastructure we need, those assets will actually be in provincial

Finance committee  I see signs of that, yes, but not at the level required. This is my point about the incentivizing approach that was taken. We're doing things without wanting to spend what it takes to win, and a lot of those provincial, municipal and indigenous governments need to see the money i

Finance committee  I'm not. First of all, let me acknowledge that you are from a riding that knows the climate emergency. I've heard you speak well on the fact that we need this federal money for climate adaptation infrastructure, and your riding needs it as much as anyone's. There was a time, ma