Environment committee  I am sorry, but I speak very little French.

Environment committee  No, I'm sorry. I don't think so.

Environment committee  I don't think that was me; I didn't mention lake levels, although lake levels are certainly an issue in Hamilton Harbour and Cootes Paradise.

Environment committee  There were 42 originally. A 43rd was added in 1991. If memory serves, four have been delisted and one—is it one?—is officially listed as an area of recovery.

Environment committee  I'm not exactly sure, I'm afraid. Does it refer to waste water upgrades?

Environment committee  I'm sorry, I'm not sure.

Environment committee  Well, you could think of it as clearing a path. External constraints can mean the things that are beyond our control, but in some cases it can mean, in the federal case, granting and reporting that is onerous on organizations. It could mean making adaptations to a funding program

Environment committee  We need green infrastructure, in two words. We need behavioural change—two more words. We need to improve aging infrastructure. There's a host of issues around non-point source in how water is collected and transported across the landscape. Hard surfaces and other forms of develo

Environment committee  They're not so much aspirational as directly related to what you're talking about.

Environment committee  On constructed wetlands, I have no problem with constructed wetlands unless they're to make up for a real wetland that has been paved over. But commercial properties could be incentivized to create those types of natural, green infrastructure on their properties through policy me

Environment committee  Sure. In terms of the negative and the positive sides, certainly on the positive side there have been many individuals, and some are federal employees, who have been engaged in this process since the 1980s. They were in the room back in 1985 at CCIW, whose meetings I attend toda

Environment committee  Recently it's been more effective than in the past. Most of the investment in the RAP has been local up until recently with tri-government investments in waste water treatment. There are three waste water treatment plants: Dundas; Woodward, which handles most of the city of Hamil

Environment committee  It's probably going to be hard to define exactly what it's going to mean. It's going to mean a headline in The Globe and Mail one day when Hamilton Harbour's delisted as an area of concern. It's a national story. Without a doubt, perception lags behind reality. Much of the commu

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen of the committee. On behalf of the board, the staff, and the volunteers of the Bay Area Restoration Council, commonly called BARC, I'd like to thank you for this opportunity to address this important issue. I'm going to speak for les