Finance committee  Thank you.

Finance committee  Oh, I got my three minutes back. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to continue in the vein of pricing pollution. I read your report, and you state that putting a price on pollution is one of the most effective and efficient ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What's curious to me is that the Leader of the Opposition yesterday said that in fact your report said the exact opposite—that it doesn't work.

Finance committee  As I read your report, I think that putting a price on pollution is, as I said, the most efficient and cost-effective way. Transparency is another word you used in your report, as you just said. The other thing your report does is to recognize that there is a transition that we go through with those technologies.

Finance committee  Thank you for coming. I know time is tight these days. We really appreciate your coming. I have two questions. Certainly I and many of us have had the pleasure of reading a number of your reports, and your predictions are pretty accurate. The details in those reports help us make wise decisions.

Finance committee  Thank you. I think airlines, as an example, have certainly gone to plastic and no cash.

Finance committee  Your office also made some projections tied to climate plans. You did confirm in your report that eight out of 10 Canadians are better off under our plan. I have two questions for you. Have you considered evaluating the Conservative pamphlet that came out yesterday? Have they asked, or are you thinking about putting some numbers to that for comparison's sake for Canadians?

Finance committee  Thank you very much. I appreciate that.

Finance committee  I'm good.

Finance committee  Thank you very much. Certainly it's something that this committee has heard a lot about. It has been very well received, especially by consumers. I have a lot of seniors in my riding, and they were very happy to see some of the work we're doing around this issue. On pensions, I think it's around $197,000 to continue to protect Canada pensions.

Finance committee  Okay.

Finance committee  Oh, what a great forward-thinking opportunity for us. Thank you.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the growing number of you who are here with us today. On that point, I had the pleasure of being at a presentation by the deputy chief economist of the TD Bank on the B-20, which my colleague has referred to. In fact, he said their position was that it was the right thing to do.

Finance committee  Just as a point of clarification, I think, when my colleague talks about “no industry participation”, if he remembers, the witnesses yesterday did talk about the panel that has been struck, in which industry is very engaged. Part of that conversation was about what mechanisms will be looked at going forward, because we recognize that this is a new world we're in, and we need to make sure that we're always nimble and ready for what the next situation brings.

Finance committee  Well, if it gives you any comfort, Chad, the SME in my riding that was able to get the exemption has 17 employees.

Finance committee  The process, in fact, was streamlined to respond to exactly your comment. You've just highlighted for us that we need to do a better job of letting SMEs and other folks who rightly.... I can certainly see how the assumption is that it's an intimidating process. I'm not saying it's a walk in the park, but it is accessible, so thank you for that.