Environment committee  No, there is a fair amount of science that suggests that climate change may be occurring. Why is up in the air, but certainly that is true. I would say that from an economic standpoint Canada has a comparative advantage around the world in a number of ways. One is our ability to

Environment committee  That's a very good question, and a very difficult solution, as we all know. Having spent 15 years as an architect in Canada, and at various times having lived and worked in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, and so on, I understand urban sprawl very well. Our citie

Environment committee  Yes. As a matter of fact, we have a number of ranchers on our board, actually more than half of the members. We have worked continuously since 1998, when we got going with the ranching family. I would say we are very well perceived by ranchers; in fact, they are our best friends

Environment committee  In my submission I suggested seven aspects in relative priority. It's very much a holistic approach to things. When I say holistic, we have to be careful we don't get mired in superficialities. We have to go back to the science of things. This is where the work of Dr. Stelfox is

Environment committee  I think that time always makes changes as such. However, as Ms. Fry indicated, if you don't have a plan at the beginning, who knows how you're going to get there, or what happens when you actually get there. It is very critical that some sort of restoration plan be in place at

Environment committee  That is a good question. Thank you very much for that. There were three questions, I believe. If you wish, I can deal with all of them to some extent. One question is the compensation for ecological services. We see this all the time. For example, there was a large corporatio

Environment committee  Your last question was a very good one. We do a very poor job of measuring assets, as you pointed out. We measure GDP, and so on. Really, when you look at things, this is our income statement, if you like--how much money we are moving around the economy. We don't do a very good

Environment committee  Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen of the standing committee, we appreciate the opportunity to make this submission for your consideration. Developing a national conservation plan is a very difficult task. In the process we have a great opportunity to strengthen the foundation of