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Environment committee  I can't explicitly recall, for example, the minister making mention of that in the intervention he made on behalf of Canada. I would note, though, that there is a very significant reference to the IPCC findings, which Canada finally agreed to. That's the last message or positioning that the youth delegation was referring to.

January 28th, 2008Committee meeting

John Drexhage

Environment committee  Yes, they would have. To clarify, it's not the business of the IPCC to define what represents dangerous anthropogenic interference or dangerous human interference with the global climate system. That ultimately is a political decision. There's been a growing constituency begun by the small island states in the EU who say that two degrees is dangerous, and there are a number of other countries that say, well, hold on here--you're talking about stopping everything in its tracks, so let's get a little realistic about this, etc.

January 28th, 2008Committee meeting

John Drexhage

Environment committee  Yes, absolutely.

January 28th, 2008Committee meeting

John Drexhage

Environment committee  I'm certainly in agreement with Chris in terms of the need to integrate the two. At our institute we're going to be holding a conference at the beginning of March looking at post-2012 scenarios for Canada. I find that within the context of what the different options are, the scenarios out there from a Canadian short-term economic perspective are daunting.

January 28th, 2008Committee meeting

John Drexhage

Environment committee  Fair enough, but at the same time.... Far be it for me to be reading the minds of the government or government members, but I think the real reluctance behind it is this whole business of developing and developed country engagements. Why don't we call them at it, then? If in fact the governments are reluctant to take on stronger actions, why not take the lead?

January 28th, 2008Committee meeting

John Drexhage

January 28th, 2008Committee meeting

John Drexhage

Environment committee  That event? I was there for about a minute. I was told that there was nothing going on, so I left. I can't speak to it, no.

January 28th, 2008Committee meeting

John Drexhage

Environment committee  As was characterized, it was a side event where they were going to talk about Canada's plan.

January 28th, 2008Committee meeting

John Drexhage

Environment committee  There didn't seem to be much of anything happening.

January 28th, 2008Committee meeting

John Drexhage

Environment committee  Yes, that's what I was told. That was my understanding. I had more important things to do.

January 28th, 2008Committee meeting

John Drexhage

Environment committee  I'm not going to be reporting on second-hand knowledge. I have no direct knowledge of anything. All I would ever receive is second-hand knowledge.

January 28th, 2008Committee meeting

John Drexhage

Environment committee  I will absolutely agree with you in terms of the conservative estimations coming out of the IPCC reports. As a result, one of the very interesting recommendations that came from the national round table last week was how we need to develop our adaptive policy-making within the government.

January 28th, 2008Committee meeting

John Drexhage

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'll be trying to address some of the broader issues around Bali and what it actually delivered, instead of specifically addressing issues from Canada—at least in my intervention. I will talk about the implications for Canada, however, and I'll be glad to answer any questions about Canada and Bali, should you so choose.

January 28th, 2008Committee meeting

John Drexhage

Environment committee  I'm not clear whether this is a contrary position or not. I was simply making a statement of fact. A process currently under way was launched in Montreal that obliges annex one parties, who ratified the Kyoto Protocol, to discuss further and deeper reduction commitments for the post-2012 period.

November 27th, 2007Committee meeting

John Drexhage

Environment committee  Certainly in the discussions that are going on for the large final emitters system, one of the questions is what the default standard should be for new installations. I would say that anything more than a combined gas cycle would be unacceptable. You have to give industry the signal that at the very least we need a combined gas cycle value for new installations.

November 27th, 2007Committee meeting

John Drexhage