Madam Chair, there are not any short dollar figures that one can pull out of the air. We know that eventually we are looking at billions of dollars of impact as a result of climate change. The permafrost melt in the north alone is undermining highways, railroads, ports, commercial and governmental structures and all of these things. We know that there are some very real costs, some very significant costs, and we are addressing them.
In the House of Commons on May 15th, 2012. See this statement in context.