Environment committee  Quebec was a partner in this project. In the wings, the province took part in creating the questions, and we worked as a team. Quebec participated throughout in the work undertaken by Ms. Leach and those behind the scenes.

Environment committee  Quebec's Office of the Auditor General decided not to carry out an audit because it had already done some for climate change. For more information, you would have to ask Quebec's Office of the Auditor General. They were partners, but not participants.

Environment committee  Quebec was the only province that did not participate in that.

Environment committee  In fact, 14 out of 19 federal departments had not done a comprehensive assessment of the risks associated with climate change.

Environment committee  That is 14 out of 19 departments.

Environment committee  At the end of my presentation, I indicated that we have developed the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. This is one of the best plans that we have had to date to tackle climate change. It brings in every single department and every single province and territory.

Environment committee  It's not for me to be supportive or not of that.

Environment committee  I can't go that far. What I can say is that it will take time to develop the details around the pan-Canadian framework, which are what we would look to see. We obviously have 12 years to reach the 2030 target, but from an auditor's perspective, what we'd like to see is the detailed action plan.

Environment committee  What I would say is that dealing with the issue of climate change is clearly complicated. There is no one action that is going to change everything. I cannot at this point give you the assurance that we're heading in the right direction. I would have to audit the activities that have happened since the pan-Canadian framework, and I haven't done that yet.

Environment committee  The target that we used is the federal target.

Environment committee  I can't comment on the U.S. situation, but I would say that I was surprised at how few departments had done full, comprehensive assessments of climate change risks within their mandate and their provision of services to Canadians. We found that only five out of 19 departments had done that, which leaves you with 14 federal departments not having done that work.

Environment committee  I would say that most of these audits occurred, and that most of the audit time that they took to do the audit fell—

Environment committee  In the section “About the report” you will see when all of the various auditors general did their audit work. Much of it was done prior to the pan-Canadian framework; some of it was done post the pan-Canadian framework. You're absolutely right that once you sign a global plan such as the pan-Canadian framework, it will take time.

Environment committee  Absolutely. Madam Chair, thank you for this opportunity to present our collaborative report on climate change action in Canada, which as tabled in the House of Commons earlier this morning. Joining me is Kimberley Leach. She's the principal responsible for this project, and let me tell you, this project was complicated.

Fisheries committee  I don't believe that the Government of Canada has an overall assessment of the costs of not adapting to climate change and the costs of adapting. The researchers would argue, and I've read studies, that not adapting is going to cost more than spending the money to adapt. However, because the Government of Canada has not done a good assessment of its risks across all of its assets, all of its programs, it does not have a good idea of the risks to government assets and programs, and delivery of programs to Canadians.