Environment committee  Thank you. Ultimately, the food availability and the conditions that the birds receive when they come back to Canada are going to be dependent on a great number of factors, as the commissioner has said, and it is possible that climate change and the timing of migratory return

Environment committee  Okay. What role does climate change play in the destruction of natural habitats?

Environment committee   out because of climate change. As a result, the birds have nothing to eat, and that leads to a decline in their numbers. That's one scientific theory, but I am not sure whether it has been proven. There is another explanation. The change in the birds' habitat in the south may have

Environment committee   ecosystems, acidification of lakes, habitat loss, climate change, biological diversity, vulnerability, adaptation, and so on. As commissioner, have you ever audited the work Environment Canada has done to reach the targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity? If not, do you plan

Environment committee  I was emphasizing the fact that the impacts of climate change on our land and water are extremely sobering. We have truly reached a point where the biological underpinnings of our natural capital, our natural heritage, which sustains Earth's life support systems are truly

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank the witnesses for being here today. Mr. Forbes, thank you for your presentation. I was happy to hear you mention climate change. In order to deal with water pollution in the Great Lakes, it's necessary to examine the whole issue of climate

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. What I was saying was that Mr. Forbes mentioned climate change, but our study does not address that issue, as the chair so clearly pointed out. If our intention is to undertake a serious study of the Great Lakes, it has to cover the right parameters

Environment committee   the quality of Canada's air and water, and restore Canada's natural habitat. It will also advance realistic and effective measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to protect Canada's environment in a manner that supports our economy. When it comes to climate change, Environment

Environment committee   well done. I wanted to start by addressing the issue of climate change. We in the NDP believe that we must act quickly on climate change, establish specific measures, develop an overall vision and be very active on the issue. We believe the present government is not doing enough

Environment committee   disturbed. Sixty-eight percent of lowland wetlands have been lost in Ontario. We are seeing losses in the arctic and boreal wetlands in northern Canada. However, those are related to the impact of climate change, particularly the drying up of peat bogs, which I will discuss a little

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would also like to thank the witnesses. I have a lot of questions to ask but very little time. Five minutes isn't much time for all our questions. I would like to talk a bit about climate change. You all spoke about climate change and the importance

Environment committee  Thank you very much. Earlier on we were speaking off the record, about the importance of preventing climate change and about the much greater role that the federal government should be playing. We're speaking about conservation, but we're also speaking about the impact

Environment committee   spoke about the impact of climate change on urban conservation and how, by taking on climate change, the federal government could help reduce the climate disruption that destroys infrastructures, farmland, waterways and so on. The National Round Table on the Environment

Environment committee  Yes. I can do that. The interaction between climate change and ozone is a complex story. Many of the players, in addition to reacting chemically with ozone, are also greenhouse gases themselves. There are two parallel stories going on. An active area of research is just to try

Environment committee  Thank you for that question. As you know, our government is taking a leadership role in the international climate change effort. Canada is representing less than 2% of the global emissions of greenhouse gases. Canada understands that an effective international agreement