On Clause 7,
Nathan Cullen moved, — That Bill C-377, in Clause 7, be amended by replacing lines 32 to 36 on page 3 and lines 1 to 3 on page 4 with the following:“regulations under this or any other Act within the limits of federal constitutional authority
(a) limiting the amount of greenhouse gases that may be released into the environment;
(b) limiting the amount of greenhouse gases that may be released in each province by applying to each province the commitment made under section 5 and the interim Canadian greenhouse gas emission targets referred to in section 6;
(c) establishing performance standards designed to limit greenhouse gas emissions;
(d) respecting the use or production of any equipment, technology, fuel, vehicle or process in order to limit greenhouse gas emissions;
(e) respecting permits or approvals for the release of any greenhouse gas;
(f) respecting trading in greenhouse gas emission reductions, removals, permits, credits, or other units;
(g) respecting monitoring, inspections, investigations, reporting, enforcement, penalties or other matters to promote compliance with regulations made under this Act;
(h) designating the contravention of a provision or class of provisions of the regulations by a person or class of persons as an offence punishable by indictment or on summary conviction and prescribing, for a person or class of persons, the amount of the fine and imprisonment for the offence; and
(i) respecting any other matter that is necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
(2) Despite paragraph (1)(b), and for greater certainty, each province may take any measure that it considers appropriate to limit greenhouse gas emissions.”