Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. All of the questions today demonstrate that it is imperative to change the discourse on climate change and make it clear that it is an existential emergency and threat. Unfortunately, this is not at all the way it is understood, as the commissioner's report demonstrates.

Public Accounts committee  I would like to supplement my colleague's response by reminding you that natural infrastructure is the most effective way to capture carbon. Maintaining natural infrastructure, such as forests and different environments, is the most cost-effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Canada.

Public Accounts committee  The private sector, which is made up of employees and individuals, has a big role to play. Several measures should be implemented to encourage companies to have strategies to achieve high greenhouse gas reduction targets. This can be done through different government mechanisms.

Public Accounts committee  Of course, Équiterre shares the view according to which fossil fuel subsidies are not being eliminated or are not being eliminated quickly enough. Yet commitments have been made in that respect. What we really want to emphasize here is the importance of consistent government action.

Public Accounts committee  Madam Chair, members of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, thank you for hearing from us today. My name is Colleen Thorpe. I am the executive director of Équiterre, an environmental NGO with more than 150,000 members and supporters. We are involved in the sectors of agriculture, light and heavy-duty transportation, consumers, energy and climate change in general.