Natural Resources committee  I've studied the alternative sources of clean energy for I guess all of the last 20 years as a professor and before that as a PhD and master's student, since those were also the topics I worked on at that time. Clean energy systems is what I focus on. What's happened to me is I'

Natural Resources committee  I'm less able than Mr. Marshall to comment on how this is affecting people making decisions about investment. I guess he's saying that he himself has to be wondering about what, for example, NB Power and its regulatory process would come up with. I have been studying very caref

Natural Resources committee  I agree with Mr. Marshall's comments.

Natural Resources committee  I'm not sure what you mean about provincial jurisdiction or if you're just talking about jurisdiction over electricity. Is that what your point is?

Natural Resources committee  Right. If you put in a carbon tax, all you're doing is changing one of the many parameters that different jurisdictions look at when they negotiate with each other. There were no carbon taxes in the 1990s when I chaired the B.C. Utilities Commission. But I had to chair regulato

Natural Resources committee  Yes, and you've given me an opportunity to plug my last book, which was called Sustainable fossil fuels: the unusual suspect in the quest for clean and enduring energy, which won the Donner Prize last year as the top policy book in the country. In that book, I look at all energy

Natural Resources committee  The general lesson is this. While I'm willing to say that yes, you can get some results from subsidies for green power on the electricity supply side—so I wouldn't rule them out there—the research is very interesting. A lot of leading researchers are supporting this now. It's evi

Natural Resources committee  First of all, what you're trying to do with the policies I'm talking about is influence incremental investments without wrecking your economy. For example, if we put a carbon tax in tomorrow—I'm just focusing on the electricity sector—and if it were a large enough carbon tax th

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for inviting me. I'll confess that I have not followed the work of your committee very closely. Since being notified on Thursday or Friday, I've just scanned what you've been doing and tried to think about how I might contribute most to your deliberations. I want to p

Natural Resources committee  It's fine.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  My opinion on what, Kyoto or nothing?

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  As I said earlier, I don't believe we'll hit our Kyoto target or that we can buy--politically get away with--the credits that would allow us to comply with our Kyoto Protocol commitment. I do believe Canada should be playing a leadership role today in implementing policies on g

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I don't think about this a lot. I think about how we can get going. At this point, I think it would be very good for the rich countries of the world to set aggressive targets for themselves, with policies that make those targets happen. Basically, that's what's happening in the

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes. I don't have certainty on that. That's my judgment.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I agree, and I think this second half that I'm worried about could really explode on us.