Environment committee  Now we're even. The point I wanted to make, Chair, is that unfortunately the members across disregarded all the signs and forged ahead with Bill C-288 regardless of what they heard. But from what we've heard yesterday and today, and actually the day before, on Tuesday, when we

Environment committee  The Turning the Corner plan was presented on April 26. We're the first government in Canadian history to deal with both greenhouse gas emissions and pollution, including indoor air quality. I believe, Ms. Fletcher, you mentioned during your presentation that, on average, 90% of

Environment committee  There was a question earlier about Bill C-30. Bill C-30 included having a national air quality standard, and the opposition took it out, unfortunately. I have a quote from the Canadian Medical Association. It said “was optimistic that the targets and timelines announced by the f

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a quote here from David Suzuki. The David Suzuki Foundation actually wrote a report—I politely listened to Mr. Cullen and the others, and I would ask for the same courtesy—and the article written was “The Air We Breathe”. It says: “There is strong ev

Environment committee  On a point of order, Mr. Chair, we just finished Finance and there were some questions on costs specific to advertising. I just want to submit to the clerk, in both official languages, some information. Previous governments spent for one conference in Montreal, the United Natio

Environment committee  Yes, and unfortunately, they were not informed about the 35% above the Kyoto targets, that Canada would not be meeting the targets. The advertising cost $1.6 million, Chair.

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, in response to that, Mr. Cullen was one of the people who were asking questions on costs, and I'm glad he is—Can I please finish? The Treasury Board reports annually. It's a public document. I encourage him to read that public document when it's available.

Environment committee  On a point of order, Mr. Chair, I'm just questioning why you have instructed Mr. Vellacott—I know that Mr. Cullen has just talked to you. Is that the reason why?

Environment committee  I would just point out that it was Mr. Cullen who brought up the Mackenzie pipeline. So I think there is some latitude.

Environment committee  I have one and a half minutes. The government has tried to reach a balance between cleaning up the environmental mess left by the previous government and providing a healthy environment and a healthy economy. The opposition has ganged up together and tried to force, within seven

Environment committee  Absolute reductions in—

Environment committee  Thank you.

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thought it interesting, Mr. Chair, that here the committee is hearing a critique on advertising that encourages Canadians to protect the environment and use energy more efficiently, and it's coming from a previous government that was involved in the spons

Environment committee  Thank you, Chair. I see the clock is ticking and the next group of witnesses is here. We've done it on a regular basis, Mr. Chair, dealing with a topic and then moving to the next topic and the next group of witnesses. It's a regular occurrence here. My question to you, or to t

Environment committee  And that's when I received it, Chair, on Friday, and it was very clearly laid out that there would be one hour for each. We're now five days later and we're hearing that they woke up. That is the suggestion. Chair, what happened a couple of committee meetings ago--and I have to