I don't think I am the appropriate ADM to be responding to your question on the 17% or how this links to the overall government's response to the 17% target. I can tell you that within our department we are developing plans to ensure, as best we can, that our energy use within our buildings and laboratories, as well as our travel, meet the government's objective of 17%.
I can tell you about the climate change impacts and adaptation group we have within my sector that is working with provinces to make Canadians aware of a changing climate so that they may develop and use adaptive tools and so that we can actually adapt to a changing climate to save lives and money.
We also have a climate change geoscience program that is actually working in the north looking at the effects of a changing climate on infrastructure. Whether it's hard infrastructure for development, housing, or roads, these are the experts who are looking at how a changing climate.... As you know, this is an area that is changing faster than any part of the country. They are looking at how this is affecting permafrost, ocean activity, shorelines, and future development.
That information is very useful for providing northerners with information and tools so they can build infrastructure and their future and understand how to adapt to a change in climate.