Sustainable Energy Speakers Series with the Honourable Stéphane Dion
Sustainable Energy Speakers Series with the Honourable Stéphane Dion
- When: May 17, 2012
- Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- Location: Robertson Hall
- Room: 608, Senate Room
- Email contact: sppa_events@carleton.ca
There is widespread consensus that “putting a price on carbon” is an essential element of prudent climate policy. Policy options to achieve this have already been put in play by governments, including forms of carbon taxes, creating cap-and-trade systems, and sector-by-sector regulation. An international perspective on carbon pricing is the subject of this seminar hosted by the Carleton Research Unit on Innovation, Science & Environment, and the Carleton Sustainable Energy Research Centre.
The Honourable Stéphane Dion will be speaking about the importance of a universal harmonized carbon price, a policy he argues is essential for the world to evolve from self-destructive development to sustainable development.
Stéphane Dion was Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs between 1996 and 2003, longer than any other Canadian since Confederation. In that capacity, he was instrumental in bringing countless federal-provincial negotiations to fruition and played a major role in the promotion of Canadian unity.
As Minister of the Environment from 2004 to 2005, he secured one of the greenest budgets in the history of Canada and contributed to the rescue of the Kyoto Protocol while chairing the UN Conference on Climate Change, held in Montreal in 2005.
In 2006, having been elected as Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and having become Leader of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons, he proposed a visionary plan to make Canada richer, fairer and greener. Following the 2008 election, he retained his seat as Member of Parliament for Saint-Laurent-Cartierville, a seat he has won seven times in a row since 1996.
He currently chairs the Liberal Caucus Legislative Committee, and is the Liberal Critic for Intergovernmental Affairs and the Queen’s Privy Council of Canada, for Democratic Reform, for Official Languages, and for La Francophonie. Additionally, he is the Liberal Representative on the Sub-Committee on Private Members Business.
