Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Bigras. There are at least a couple of points. First of all, the technology that we're talking about related to carbon capture and storage is being done on a demonstration basis in a couple of places right now. One of the key challenges is not just the capture tec

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It's a long and complicated answer, but I think there are a couple of points. First of all, could Canada meet the target? Yes, if we were prepared to buy massive amounts of foreign credits, we could meet the target. We could have a debate about how mu

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Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to make clear that, in my reading of the legislation, it does not make it clear. The notes that accompany it say incidental meetings will be dealt with by regulation, but it's a standard rule of legal interpretation that the regulations can't c

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I just want to add a brief point, if I might. With respect to your question about the filing requirements, just to make it clear, our organization does not lobby on behalf of individual members. We only lobby with respect to public policy that we feel would benefit the membership