I really don't want to belabour the point, but I'm looking at the definition of air pollution under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Perhaps somebody on the government side could help us understand that, and maybe we could come to a more successful conclusion.
When you look at the definition of air pollution under CEPA as it's presently written, there's not a reference to climate change or greenhouse gases. In fact, the closest thing that comes to the definition of air pollution, in the definitional section, which would substantiate the official's concern, is that:
“air pollution” means a condition of the air, arising wholly or partly from the presence in the air of any substance, that directly or indirectly— (e) degrades or alters, or forms part of a process of degradation or alteration of, an ecosystem to an extent that is detrimental to its use by humans, animals or plants.
If climate change and greenhouse gases are inherent in your definition of air pollution, how come they're not here in the entire definition of air pollution under CEPA, and how come they're not amended in Bill C-30?