Environment committee   of other pollutants, such as nitrous oxides and sulphur dioxide. The International Panel on Climate Change found that the capture systems would result in increased emissions. They looked at particularly advanced, fairly low-emitting power plants and found an 11% to 31% increase in NOx

Environment committee   for being here on short notice to talk about this very interesting subject. We will go in the order listed and begin with Climate Change Central and Mr. Simon Knight, please. Please keep it to 10 minutes so the members have time to ask questions. With so many witnesses it gets a little

Environment committee   climate change. I find it interesting that Quebec is so concerned about what is happening to our water in Alberta that they're sending journalists out. There is an Alberta Views article. I have copies here for you. They've been handed in. Even Canadian Business magazine has published

Environment committee   for Canadians, as well as addressing climate change. Plus we get the benefit of the green economy. I think what Canadians want to see is a real effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, not an exclusive effort to simply send taxpayers' money abroad. I can appreciate that there's

Environment committee  Let me respond. I believe climate change is the biggest ecological challenge facing the earth for my generation and generations to come. I want to see Canada play a major role domestically and abroad to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What I do know is that if we spend tens

Environment committee   Canada to participate immediately in the global carbon trading system, in the market; and fourth, because Canada's market alone is too small. So you've been forewarned on this issue by Mr. Nesbitt, CEO of the Toronto Stock Exchange, and every expert on climate change or on emissions

Environment committee   order with industrial targets. There's the issue of climate change, efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, efforts to reduce air-pollutant smog and pollution. There will never be the final plan tabled. There will be the need for constant, continuing action to hear good ideas, see best

Environment committee  Your government committed $200 million for perhaps the most devastating effects of climate change we've seen so far last year, the mountain pine beetle in western Canada. Of that $200 million, approximately $11 million in total was spent for an airport improvement. How am I

Environment committee  Outside of the Arctic, it's certainly probably the best example of the huge effects of climate change. My colleague the Minister of Natural Resources will probably be best able to talk to the specifics of the forestry industry and the pine beetle.

Environment committee   hope there can be greater engagement with the provinces on a variety of initiatives, not just on climate change but also on other issues. There also has to be a real acknowledgement that the provinces are all at very different places. New Brunswick's energy mix, in terms

Environment committee  The Main Estimates announce initiatives relating to climate change. The total amount is of some 850 million dollars. As the minister mentioned, for Environment Canada, the Main Estimates provide for about 67.3 million dollars for these initiatives for the 2007-2008 fiscal year.

Environment committee  More specifically, in 2005-2006, the expenditures relating to climate change initiatives amounted to approximately 512 million dollars.

Environment committee  We did not do an analysis for all of the previous years, but we did do one for the last three years. In 2005-2006, the amount was of 512 million dollars and it involved approximately four programs aimed at emissions, reductions for climate change, incentives for wind energy

Environment committee  For 2005-06 we had $512 million for climate change programs. So that was for one year.

Environment committee  . What were the total cuts? I know you're going to talk about repackaging and all the rest that your government did when it came into office with climate change programs in this country.