Environment committee  Is an adverse effect of climate change global warming?

Environment committee  There is a fairly well-established methodology for estimating the incremental impact of a tonne of greenhouse gas emissions—regardless of where it comes from—on the overall climate and progression of climate change, in terms of whether it will get worse or better.

Environment committee  That will be, importantly, relative to impacts on GDP in the absence of having taken action on climate change.

Environment committee  Tremblay as well. We've heard about the cost of the carbon pricing system, but there is a huge cost to climate change. When we are comparing the impact of crop failures, droughts and extreme flooding on grocery store prices and folks who are struggling to pay for their food, do we have numbers on what the impact of the carbon pricing system is for Canadians?

Environment committee  With the way he calculated it, if he doesn't take that into account.... I trust he is using the right numbers, but we would take into account the cost of climate change. It's the same thing when he doesn't take into account the investments from businesses to green their businesses or invest in clean energy, which also creates jobs and creates growth in the economy.

Environment committee  To summarize, if I heard you correctly, Environment and Climate Change Canada has methodological issues with the Parliamentary Budget Officer. Is that what I understood?

Environment committee  It is not our goal, and it is not what Canadians voted for in 2015, 2019 or 2021. Canadians strongly believe that we should be leaders on fighting climate change and lowering our emissions. I don't know how those failed aspirations of the former leader of the Conservative Party found their way back into the contemporary political debate, but they're here; like a zombie; they won't die.

Environment committee  Why does Environment and Climate Change Canada not track something like that? One has to understand that environmental policies don't impact only the environment; they impact the cost of living and Canadians' day-to-day lives.

Environment committee  This is not my first time saying it. Further, he himself admits that his analysis does not include the impact of climate change.

Environment committee  Obviously, I am the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change and not the Parliamentary Budget Officer. If you have questions for him—

Environment committee  The most important figure is the average cost of the impacts of climate change. In Canada, it is $2 billion annually—

Environment committee  In his analysis, the Parliamentary Budget Officer himself admits that he did not take into account the impacts of climate change that we are all paying for, whether you like it or not, Mr. Scheer.

Environment committee  I would also like to confirm something about dairy farms so that Canadians clearly understand the consequences of climate change. If there is not enough food for the cows because of dry pastures, for instance, there are very clear repercussions, and not just for one season. Those cows cannot produce milk or give birth.

Environment committee  The Minister of Employment and Workforce Development was not involved in developing the framework, except for the decision made in cabinet; it was the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change who was responsible for that. So I am not sure what you are referring to. I do not have the press releases from Équiterre or the David Suzuki Foundation in front of me, but I think if you look at the beginning of each of those press releases, you will see that they welcomed the tabling of the regulatory framework for capping greenhouse gas emissions.

Environment committee  Partnership with indigenous peoples is essential if we want to achieve our nature conservation goals, but also to fight climate change.