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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI)
43rd Parliament, 2nd Session
Meeting 34
Thursday, May 20, 2021, 2:36 p.m. to 5:31 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
Francis Scarpaleggia, Chair (Liberal)

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• Kristina Michaud (Bloc Québécois)
• Elizabeth May (Green Party)
Library of Parliament
• Ross Linden-Fraser, Analyst
Bill C-12, An Act respecting transparency and accountability in Canada's efforts to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050
As an individual
• Dr. Madhur Anand, Professor, School of Environmental Sciences and Director, Guelph Institute for Environmental Research, University of Guelph
• Dr. Sarah Burch, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Executive Director, Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change
• Prof. Corinne Le Quéré, Professor, Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia
• Normand Mousseau, Professor, Department of Physics, Université de Montréal
• Prof. David V. Wright, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
Canadian Labour Congress
• Tara Peel, Health, Safety and Environment Coordinator
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
• Dr. Aaron Henry, Senior Director , Natural Resources and Sustainable Growth
Corporate Knights Inc.
• Toby Heaps, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec
• Denis Bolduc, General Secretary
• Patrick Rondeau, Union Advisor, Environment and Just Transition
Pursuant to the order of reference of Tuesday, May 4, 2021, the committee resumed consideration of Bill C-12, An Act respecting transparency and accountability in Canada's efforts to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050.

David V. Wright, Corinne Le Quéré and Tara Peel made statements and answered questions.

At 3:54 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:02 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Madhur Anand, Sarah Burch, Aaron Henry, Denis Bolduc and Normand Mousseau made statements and, with Patrick Rondeau, answered questions.

At 5:31 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Angela Crandall
Clerk of the Committee