Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2008-02-06 16:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. John Dillon",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"911832\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Thank you, Mr. Bigras.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911833\" data-originallang=\"en\"> It's a complex question, as you know.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911834\" data-originallang=\"en\">Obviously, there are sectors of our economy that, for a variety of reasons, are actually below their levels of emissions in 1990, quite contrary to what Mr. McGuinty suggested earlier when saying businesses have been waiting. In fact, those businesses have taken action for a variety of reasons, and there are real emission reductions to point to since 1990. That was done in the absence of policy on the part of Canada and the provinces, and in the absence of a firm price for carbon. Those firms did things that made sense, because they were investing in new technology, they were upgrading, and they were improving their efficiency.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911835\" data-originallang=\"en\">Now, there are other sectors in the economy that are part of this large final emitter system that have seen significant growth in their emissions, for reasons of expansion\u2014all of which produce economic benefits for this country. So we have a wide range of factors to look at in terms of how to make a plan.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911836\" data-originallang=\"en\">Going back to a base of 1990 may work for some industries and not for others. That's a decision the government will have to make. But we've said that we want to make sure it's a fair and equitable plan and that it actually provides incentives for companies to continue to make the investments in the new technologies, which, at the end of the day, are the only things that are going to produce real and sustainable reductions in emissions.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"911832\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Merci, monsieur Bigras.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911833\" data-originallang=\"en\">C'est une question complexe, vous le savez.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911834\" data-originallang=\"en\">On sait que certains secteurs de l'\u00e9conomie, pour toutes sortes de raisons, sont en de\u00e7\u00e0 des niveaux d'\u00e9missions de 1990, contrairement \u00e0 ce que laissait entendre plus t\u00f4t M. McGuinty, parlant d'entreprises qui \u00e9taient en attente. En fait, pour diverses raisons, des entreprises ont pris des mesures et il y a des r\u00e9ductions d'\u00e9missions r\u00e9elles par rapport \u00e0 1990. Cela s'est fait en l'absence d'une politique f\u00e9d\u00e9rale ou provinciale et en l'absence d'un prix ferme pour les \u00e9missions de GES. Ces entreprises ont agi de mani\u00e8re sens\u00e9e, parce qu'elles investissaient dans de nouvelles technologies, parce qu'elles se mettaient \u00e0 niveau et am\u00e9lioraient leur efficience.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911835\" data-originallang=\"en\">En revanche, d'autres secteurs de l'\u00e9conomie font partie de l'ensemble des grands \u00e9metteurs finaux dont les \u00e9missions ont connu une forte croissance, en raison de leur expansion, tout cela apportant des avantages \u00e9conomiques au pays. Quand on \u00e9labore un plan, il faut tenir compte d'une large gamme de facteurs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911836\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si on revenait \u00e0 l'ann\u00e9e de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence 1990, ce serait avantageux pour certains secteurs, mais pas pour d'autres. Le gouvernement devra d\u00e9cider. Mais nous avons d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que nous voulions un plan juste et \u00e9quitable, qui inciterait les entreprises \u00e0 poursuivre leurs investissements dans les nouvelles technologies, soit la seule solution pour obtenir des r\u00e9ductions r\u00e9elles et durables des \u00e9missions de GES.</p>"
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    "url": "/committees/environment/39-2/12/john-dillon-2/",
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