Environment committee  I have just one other small point. That wet-weather-flow master plan does consider the sizing required to handle some of the new flows they expect to have due to climate change.

Environment committee  Just as a little background, I worked for 33 years with the Ontario environment ministry. I worked very closely with the federal government and a lot of other partners on Great Lakes protection through my career. One thing that became clear to me is that we look at the Great La

Environment committee  I didn't mention them.

Environment committee  I can't put a number on what the green infrastructure costs would be, but I know that with the storms we're having now, we're seeing more severe and more frequent severe storms occurring. We believe it's because of the changing climate as well. What used to be one-in-100-year sto

Environment committee  Well, I'd make one slight change. They're filter feeders, so they're feeding on the particulate that's in the water, the algae, bits of sediment and that, which they take it in. When they excrete it, it becomes soluble.

Environment committee  That's one of the issues that lead to the extensive algal growth that you see in the nearshore.

Environment committee  I think we're going to be stuck with them forever. That's going to be the tough part to deal with. Maybe we should be doing some research on something that's environmentally safe that can eradicate them. I don't know. The only levers we as humans have to twist or turn are the one

Environment committee  What I tried to point out was that the information that was obtained through the intensive monitoring research work in 2008 showed that tributaries contributed 234% more phosphorus load to the system than point sources. The way the study was done, they looked at various differe

Environment committee  How you organize, how it's built....

Environment committee  That's the other side, or the other shoe that needs to come down: how do we deal with these built-up areas? There are some examples being applied right now within the jurisdiction of the Toronto and region conservation area. One of them is the sustainable neighbourhood retrofit p

Environment committee  Well, that is why we need to sit down and start working. Whose role is that? Whose jurisdictional area is that? Is that a bylaw?

Environment committee  That's my point exactly. Where I was trying to get to is that we need to start dealing with it, and dealing with it sooner rather than later.

Environment committee  That's right.

Environment committee  That would be worked on with the TRCA and...with the airport lands ready to be built out. It's been done in Duffins Creek and it will be done in the Rouge River as well.

Environment committee  I am not involved in it directly. I deal with—