Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the minister. We appreciate your being here.
First, I want to pick up on a few things. The oil and gas sector is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. It has been seven years since the government came to power and we still don't have those regulations. We did hear last time that perhaps it would be spring 2013....
Yes, there's been the investment in climate impacts and adaptation, and I believe the figure is $148 million. But there was a cut to the climate impacts and adaptation group, which had many Nobel Prize-winning scientists as members. They did world-leading research. That needs to be said.
Given the government's emphasis in the document on air quality, could you explain why ARQX, a group that was about monitoring air quality, was eliminated? Also, for the stack monitoring program, Environment Canada's own officials expressed concern that they now lack the knowledge and capabilities.