Julie Green

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I feel like I am playing some catch-up with this, as I am not part of the committee that looked at it. I heard the Minister's opening remarks and his assertion that the program that he is offering is better than the one that would be offered by the backstop, but when I did a simple Google search of how the Yukon was approaching the carbon tax, I noticed that there were some distinct advantages to their approach. I guess my first question would be whether the Minister considered making the rebate on a sliding scale geographically, so that people who live in smaller and...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the work that the standing committee put in to examining these bills. The process was obviously very fraught. I don't want to go too far down that road, because it is well-documented in this report and by the remarks of my colleague. I just want to underline that the studies that are being reported in the media reveal a real urgency around this issue to begin taking action in order to slow warming and, if at all possible, to roll it back.

I hear a lot of messaging from the government that says, as a small jurisdiction with a small population, that somehow we...

Just one last question. I didn't make myself clear in that question. I am asking whether the federal backstop would be implemented prior to the federal election in the event that this plan is not endorsed by Members. Thank you.

Thank you for that answer. My next question is: the Minister said that either it was this plan or the backstop. Can he tell us, if this plan is not endorsed, how quickly the backstop would be put into place? Thank you.

Thank you. Another feature of the Yukon plan is that there are estimates for how much it will cost Yukon families for the price at the pump, and then per household for all fuel types. Are there similar calculations available for the NWT? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The question that I asked was about the rebates. I understand that that is in the next bill; the questions that I need to ask are in this bill.

Let me try this question. One of the things that Yukon is offering is that municipal governments will receive a share of revenues from the tax. Is this something that is in this bill? Yes. Municipal governments will pay the carbon tax, but also receive a share of the revenues. Did the Minister consider making that a provision of this plan? Thank you.

Is it possible for us to ask the Minister general questions about the bill, or is it only in the context of the clause-by-clause?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We heard quite a bit about Indigenous institutions while we were on the road. There is, I think, some interest in creating Indigenous institutions and some disappointment that there was no detail in the act about what that might entail. What we heard was that there were stakeholders, and in particular, I recall the Gwich'in Tribal Council who said that they had already been consulted on this point. The way that the bill was developed, they are set up for a second round of consultation on the same topic. This is an area where there is a certain amount of duplication and...

Thank you, colleagues. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There is no reason to sneer at the small enterprises that will create a broader economic base, greater stability, greater employment for dollar of input, and greater economic multiplier for dollar earned. These jobs won't look so small when the diamond mines have closed. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is primarily an administrative act to set up the framework for commissioning new post-secondary institutions, whether they are public or private. The real weakness of this act is that it doesn't lay out, even in aspirational detail, the terms and conditions for commissioning Indigenous institutions, of which we already have one in the NWT: Dechinta Centre for Learning. It also doesn't lay out any of the criteria for the partnership model that the College nordique is pursuing.

The fault that I find with this bill in general is that it doesn't address the institutions...