Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Chair. This is an area that NRCan has been very active on in recent years, working with partners around the federal family, the National Research Council and others. As you know, there are a number of different materials that we consider when we talk about green buil

Environment committee  I think we can get back to the member with the specifics about current charging infrastructure. I would heavily suspect that the larger number, the one in 10, would include home charging as opposed to more public-facing stations. What I can tell you is that through the green inf

Environment committee  Maybe I will make a general point first, one that I think you alluded to a couple of times. The real importance of life-cycle analysis when you're doing climate or other environmental modelling is that you can't just look at the end use. You have to look at the full lifespan, cra

Environment committee  I could jump in here. The mining sector is represented within the Department of Natural Resources. I focus more on the energy side, but what I can say is that things like water management and tailings management are a huge part of our energy RD and D and our mining RD and D in th

Environment committee  I'm happy to jump in about the generalities, but maybe my colleagues from ECCC could talk about the climate plan itself and the role of CCUS there. What I would say is that Boundary Dam, Weyburn-Midale and some of these projects we're looking at that were initiated over a decade

Environment committee  Yes, Mr. Chair. I'm happy to start on this one. NRCan is in the midst of developing a CCUS strategy for Canada that was foreshadowed last year. In budget 2021, we received $319 million to address some of the RD and D challenges related to CCUS, including bringing down the cost a

Environment committee  I would say we don't treat CCUS any differently from any of the other clean technologies you've heard about before. This is truly a cross-departmental effort. The hub co-locates federal employees from multiple agencies and departments in a single place, so they can make sure we'r

Environment committee  Yes, P.E.I. would be among the provinces with the highest variable renewable proportion of their electricity. André, do you want to jump in, if you have the specific details for P.E.I.?

Environment committee  I'm happy to jump in to start. NRCan works really closely with all of the departments here in an effort that's led through the PSPC department and Treasury Board to green government operations. Anecdotally, I know that, overall, government is on track to meet its near-term targe

Environment committee  We could get back to you with the numbers we have. This is a major question that electricity planners around the country are trying to figure out: the appropriate demand management peak. They call it peak shaving, trying to create demand for electricity when it's least demanded

Environment committee  We'd have to get back to you with the latest numbers of how many have been installed. Over the last few years, the federal government has had numerous programs to support the deployment of charging infrastructure, both electric but also hydrogen charging. I know that with the e

Environment committee  I think the direct number, from memory, is closer to 150,000, but I can get back to you with exact numbers on direct jobs. As is the case with attribution of indirect, there are going to be some jobs that are both clean-tech jobs and oil and gas jobs, particularly when you are l

Environment committee  I'll say a couple of words and then turn it over to my colleague, André Bernier. There are a few things at play. You mentioned the SREPs program, which is encouraging renewable power generation and interties, but there's also work with the Canada Infrastructure Bank and through

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  I'm sorry. The only other thing that I might ask, through the chair, is whether there's a time horizon you would like to see. For some of these investments—I'm thinking of some of the earlier-stage RD and D efforts, for example—the payback period may not be in two or three years