Government Operations committee  The short answer is that by the letter of the rule in the law, yes. It does require a cost analysis, the standard cost model that Ms. Pohlmann referenced earlier, and then over a two-year period, you have to reconcile costs in and costs out, so in terms of how it's written, yes,

Government Operations committee  Ms. Pohlmann referenced British Columbia. They actually set out to reduce the overall burdens on business and then maintain that level, so I think it would be a worthy goal at the federal level to reduce and maintain the burden in the same way.

Government Operations committee  I'll jump in very quickly. Some of the independent regulators you referenced aren't necessarily very relevant to our members in the manufacturing sector, but in general, I think you've identified a really important point at the front end, which is that there are different jurisd

Government Operations committee  No. I'd just echo that the timing is of concern to us and our members for the same reasons that Mr. Swance outlined.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I'll just jump it. Incentives certainly are maybe more costly on a per tonne basis for our calculation, but the question we're really getting at is this: Where do we want to build the clean economy in the future? Do we want it to be built in the United States, south o

Government Operations committee  I think the premise of your question is correct, in that small and medium-sized businesses, and certainly small and medium-sized manufacturers, are the ones that are hit hardest by regulations, especially regulations that are poorly designed, or not created with an SME in mind.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. On the topic of mutual recognition, we absolutely believe that there is an opportunity. There is no reason, in many or most cases, to have different rules, compliance regulations and certifications for every province and territory. A lot of these are

Government Operations committee  Yes, absolutely. There are separate federal regulations. That's a lot of what we're talking about today. So much of the burden that our members face is at the provincial and municipal levels. It does require a significant amount of provincial leadership. The benefits of doing so

Government Operations committee  We've been long urging, and will continue to urge, swift implementation of all ITC-related measures, both legislative and on the guidance side. The government just finished some consultations on a lot of the guidance for some of the ITCs, and that rests with ISED and other releva

Government Operations committee  Very quickly, I want to echo Corinne. While it is important to focus on the specific, it's akin to managing the symptoms of an underlying problem without treating the underlying problem. If you're looking for the most recent and current example, there is Bill S-211, the child

Government Operations committee  I would just add that manufacturers are generally facing a very high-cost, high-pressure environment at the moment. It's cumulative, so it is certainly taxes, as we're discussing here today, and the regulatory burden and all the costs identified and maybe not captured in federal

Government Operations committee  After the Inflation Reduction Act was unveiled in the U.S., we very quickly began advocating strongly for Canada to take appropriate actions on investments in building the clean, net-zero economy so that it doesn't all happen south of the border. The evidence of the impacts of th

Government Operations committee  Thank you for having me here today on behalf of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters. Manufacturing generates 10% of Canada's GDP and produces nearly two-thirds of Canada's value-added exports, employing 1.8 million people in high-paying jobs across the country. It doesn't tak

Human Resources committee  Yes, our members are aware of and are very concerned about the potential for a strike at the port of Montreal, for all the reasons you would expect, as it will impact their business, their employees and the livelihoods of their families. In terms of the bill itself, some of the

Human Resources committee  First, I would agree, and I think everyone at this table would agree. Absolutely, the best deals are reached at the bargaining table. The challenge with negotiations such as that one.... I have no inside knowledge or information of that one, but I certainly heard conflicting ac