Questions and responses 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to the government's proposal in budget 2025 to extend the availability of the full tax credit rates for investments in carbon capture, utilization and storage for five years, from 2031 to 2035, with credit rates remaining unchanged from 2036 to 2040: (a) what is the impact of this decision on the modelling of greenhouse gas emissions projections for each emissions projection scenario and for all milestone years from 2030 to 2050, broken down by province; (b) for any documentation regarding this decision, including scientific advice, briefing notes, studies and briefs used by or provided to the Privy Council Office, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, the Department of Finance Canada, the Cabinet and the Prime Minister's Office, what are the details, including (i) the date, (ii) the sender, (iii) the type of document, (iv) the title of the document, (v) a summary of the content of the message; and (c) what is the total cost to the government of increasing the investment tax credit rate for the 2031 to 2035 period?

With regard to the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Investment Tax Credit and the requirement to submit a project plan to Natural Resources Canada and be issued an initial project evaluation for each qualified Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage project: (a) how many project plans have been submitted to Natural Resources Canada to date regarding the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Investment Tax Credit qualification process; (b) how many initial project evaluations have been issued by Natural Resources Canada regarding Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage projects; (c) for each project plan submitted to date, how long did the process take between the submission of the project plan and the issuance of the evaluation; (d) for each plan which has been submitted that has yet to receive an evaluation from Natural Resources Canada, on what dates were the plans received by Natural Resources Canada; (e) of project plans which have (i) received an evaluation, (ii) not yet received an evaluation, how many required additional information or revisions beyond what was included in the original submission; (f) how many project plans have been rejected or otherwise denied an initial project evaluation; and (g) what is the projected dollar value of the Investment Tax Credits claimable against projects which have already received an initial evaluation?

With regard to the extension of tax credits for carbon capture and sequestration: what are the estimated greenhouse gas reductions associated with the extension of tax credits for carbon capture and sequestration, broken down by province?

With regard to the expansion of tax credits to federal investment and other policy support measures to encourage major investments in carbon capture, utilization and storage, including the Pathways Alliance, and enhanced oil recovery to provide the certainty needed to attract additional domestic and foreign sources of capital: (a) what is the impact of this decision on the modelling of greenhouse gas emissions projections, broken down by province, for each emissions projection scenario and for every milestone year between 2026 and 2050; (b) what other policy support measures are being considered; (c) what are the impacts of each proposed measure, including enhanced oil recovery; (d) what are the public costs of these measures; (e) what are the environmental impacts (greenhouse gases, biodiversity, water, etc.); (f) what are the health effects of these measures (economic costs, health problems, morbidity, premature deaths, etc.); (g) what are the other effects of these measures; and (h) as regards all the documentation relating to this same decision, including the scientific advice, briefing notes, studies and memoranda used by or provided to the Privy Council Office, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, the Department of Finance, Cabinet and the Prime Minister’s Office, what are their details, including (i) the date, (ii) the sender, (iii) the type of document, (iv) the title of the document, (v) a summary of the message’s content?