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Environment committee  I think I would refer you to the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, and to what their modelling is showing in terms of what the relative contributions are between the urban sources and the agricultural sources, and find out what they say. I just find that surprising. I

March 25th, 2014Committee meeting

Bonnie Fox

Environment committee  I don't know what the answer is for sure, which is why I'm suggesting—

March 25th, 2014Committee meeting

Bonnie Fox

Environment committee  Just anecdotally, people are more willing to pay for properties that are bordering on conservation areas, etc.

March 25th, 2014Committee meeting

Bonnie Fox

Environment committee  The only thing that comes to my mind in terms of polluter pay is in the context of point sources.

March 25th, 2014Committee meeting

Bonnie Fox

Environment committee  I haven't personally been involved in any conversations concerning polluter pay for non-point source or for agriculture, at any policy table, so I don't have anything to contribute.

March 25th, 2014Committee meeting

Bonnie Fox

Environment committee  I believe—Don, I don't know if you know this—from the source water protection program we have some of the information that we need. I don't know what the status of that kind of modelling is among the conservation authorities. Some have been doing more than others.

March 25th, 2014Committee meeting

Bonnie Fox

Environment committee  Perhaps just to emphasize, that's the reason for one of the priority location areas that I was talking about in terms of natural features in areas that are supporting the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River ecosystem. That whole relationship between water quality and quantity is a

March 25th, 2014Committee meeting

Bonnie Fox

Environment committee  No, other than to indicate that we are familiar with the program. In 2013 there were 18 projects that were funded in Ontario, and eight of those were projects that conservation authorities submitted to receive funding specific to fisheries habitat improvements.

March 25th, 2014Committee meeting

Bonnie Fox

Environment committee  Yes, I can speak to that. Briefly, the municipalities are responsible for managing the growth and the land use planning, etc., but in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, there are a few conservation authorities that have done a really good job. Credit Valley Conservation and the Toro

March 25th, 2014Committee meeting

Bonnie Fox

Environment committee  Nice time.

March 25th, 2014Committee meeting

Bonnie Fox

Environment committee  I don't know the exact data but around the Greater Golden Horseshoe is a major growth area, Windsor area and Ottawa, or at least it's planned for growth. Windsor is planned for growth; I don't know that it is growing.

March 25th, 2014Committee meeting

Bonnie Fox

Environment committee  We have a representative on the nutrient management annex subcommittee for the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, and they are charged with coming up with the phosphorus targets. They've created a task group around that. I believe our representative on that is from the Grand Ri

March 25th, 2014Committee meeting

Bonnie Fox

Environment committee  Yes, there is. I believe it's 2018. It is actually specified in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.

March 25th, 2014Committee meeting

Bonnie Fox

Environment committee  I apologize, you refer to a world map. I'm not sure to what project you might be referring. What was the second half of the question around green economy? I was still thinking about the map.

March 25th, 2014Committee meeting

Bonnie Fox

Environment committee  Around green infrastructure, our interests are on the watershed level, the watershed basis, where we look at the watershed and have more natural areas, so that when we have these sudden, intense storms, there's more natural infiltration. The important piece with the highly urba

March 25th, 2014Committee meeting

Bonnie Fox