Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The wish of committee…. Sorry. General comments. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister acknowledged Imperial, which, of course, is part of the largest profit-making machine in the world. Northerners are paying the cost once again. Our foundations are disintegrating. We’re losing our species. The polar bears are having problems in some areas, and there are much more dire predictions and so on. Will this Minister commit to looking at and aggressively pursuing some compulsory requirements for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by large industry?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just want to highlight again some of these costs. These are often considered hidden costs and not brought into full-cost accounting processes. This sort of thing is probably the tip of the iceberg when we’re dealing with a fuel that is also toxic and harmful in other ways to the environment. It takes extra care and responsibility, but it certainly takes a lot of dollars and takes dollars away from other things that we could be doing that would actually be beneficial to achieving our goals. That’s all I wanted, was a brief comment to highlight the millions of dollars...

Thank you to the Minister for that response. Our people are demanding that this government respond to the situation and not slough this off to the federal government. We’re also not talking policy; we’re talking about compulsory measures, which requires legislation. The MGP will triple our emissions. The diamond mines almost doubled them. How is the Minister planning to mitigate these impacts, which are on the backs of our people, as they walk away with their large profits?

Mr. Chair, I move that this committee strongly recommends that the Department of Public Works and Services bring forward a proposal to allocate a portion of profits from sales of petroleum products to initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the benefit of those communities where the revenue is generated.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to request a response to my question from the Minister, who must know what I’m going to ask. Thank you very much.

Laughter.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just a quick one. I’m wondering what the grant-in-kind was that apparently was stopped last year, that didn’t continue this year. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Jacobson. Any more general comments? Moving on to the response from the Minister. Minister McLeod.

Actually, Mr. Chairman, I don’t have questions until 6-12.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. That was a comment. Next on the list is Mrs. Groenewegen.