Q-674 , 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to the Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding and specifically the methane equivalence agreement which targets a 75% reduction from 2014 emission levels by 2035 for Alberta: (a) what is the impact of this decision on the modeling of greenhouse gas emissions projections for each projection scenario and for all milestone years from 2026 to 2050; (b) what are the economic impacts (including public investment costs); (c) what are the impacts on the costs of gas production, transportation, and distribution in Alberta; (d) what are the impacts on the economic competitiveness of other gas-producing provinces (loss of sales, impact on production, etc.); (e) what are the environmental impacts (green house gases, biodiversity, water, etc.), also specifying the environmental impacts if other provinces delay the implementation of methane regulations from 2030 to 2035 as Alberta will do; (f) what are the impacts on health (economic costs, health problems, morbidity, premature deaths, etc.); (g) what other impacts are there; and (h) for all documentation relating to this same decision, including scientific opinions, briefing notes, studies and briefs used by or provided to the Privy Council Office, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, the Department of Finance, the Cabinet, and the Prime Minister's Office, what are the details, including the (i) date, (ii) sender, (iii) type of document, (iv) title of the document, (v) summary of the content of the message?