Eric St-Pierre

Mr. Speaker, today it gives me great pleasure to welcome to the Hill some incredible organizations from Honoré-Mercier, including SARA d'Anjou, 1,2,3 GO! Rivière‑des‑Prairies, the Rivière‑des‑Prairies youth employment centre, the Anjou—Saint‑Justin youth employment centre, Aîné‑es J'écoute en actions, the Pointe‑de‑l'île de Montréal chapter of the AQDR, La Maison des jeunes de [more]

Thank you. I'd like to thank my colleague from Bow River for his professional questions. I'd also like to echo his earlier thanks to the witnesses for spending the time with us and, for some of you, for travelling here today. Mr. Beugin, you're a very well-known expert on carbon pricing, dating back to the Ecofiscal Commission. I have a lot of respect for the work you've done in the past and [more]

Thank you. I'm curious as well about this. Because you've been in this sector for quite some time, can you speak about some of the industry players—some specific names and associations—that have been actually supportive of industrial carbon pricing? Do you have a list off the top of your head?

Thanks. I think I have a minute left, so I'll go to Mr. Rainville. Clean Prosperity mentioned that in budget 2025 it's right to focus on industrial carbon pricing for low-carbon growth. Clean Prosperity also said that industrial carbon pricing can drive tens of billions of dollars' worth of new investments, creating clean growth and jobs that Canada urgently needs. Can you explain to us in the [more]

Can you unpack that a little bit more? You're talking about Canada being more competitive. You're talking about the carbon border adjustment mechanism, CBAM. Can you speak about why the industrial carbon price mechanism is actually smart economic policy?. Can you touch on job creation and how this builds wealth for Canada?

My question was about Canadian taxpayers, so citizens contributing to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Can you provide funding sources for your organization?

That's great. The Canadian Climate Institute does some excellent research, and it's peer-reviewed research. It's some of the best in the country. I'm wondering if you could quickly comment on whether there are other reports from the Canadian Climate Institute on the topic of the industrial carbon price. If you can quickly comment on whether there are reports and, if so, you can kindly provide [more]

Does that cost of a Timbit per barrel seem significant to you? Is that more marginal?

We're often hearing from industry that they want certainty. They want certainty so they're able to move on and they're able to predict what's going to be happening in the future. Can you speak about industrial carbon pricing, why this is good policy and why this leads to certainty for industry?

Madam Chair, congratulations on the new role. I'm quite excited to participate in this study. It's been about four months in the waiting, and I think this is arguably one of the most important climate policies this country faces, so I'm really glad that we're here. I'm really excited to hear from the witnesses over the next four days. Maybe I'll start with you, Dr. Weis. I'm curious if you [more]

Big oil companies were supportive of industrial carbon pricing.

You mentioned earlier that you've been in the sector for quite some time, and you've heard it all. Can you speak a little bit about the misinformation and the disinformation you hear on industrial carbon pricing?