Environment committee  You are comparing apples and oranges. An expenditure of $6.3 billion was announced to address climate change, but over a longer period ending in 2012. The $1.6 billion amount I referred to is money that had in fact been expended by the end of fiscal year 2003-2004. You cannot

Environment committee  There are different parts of the global carbon market. The EU emissions trading system is one part. I believe that Aldyen Donnelly, in her initial remarks, was referring to the so-called “hot air” credits that in theory are available to be traded under Kyoto. I might have time

Environment committee   to the notion of intensity reductions. If climate change is a serious consideration and there are some, at least, in your industry willing to internalize the costs, why is there a reluctance about a hard cap concerning something we see as a threat both environmentally and, in the Stern

Environment committee   for not having clarity of purpose, when we can't account for what it is we wish to do and who is actually running the show. Just to clarify, Madame Gélinas, I'm trying first to understand, under previous regimes how much money was announced, versus actually spent, for climate change

Environment committee  To our knowledge, nothing has ever replaced the Climate Change Secretariat.

Environment committee   recognized the importance and the threat of climate change. I don't want to make that assumption, but is that fair to say?

Environment committee  Mr. Chairman, it's important to make a distinction between two different things. We often talk about an action plan on climate change that the government is currently developing, but there is also what is called the machinery of government, which has nothing to do with that plan

Environment committee  Mr. Guilbeault, coming from Alberta, I know they've had a climate change plan in place for at least three to four years. You indicated that only Quebec had one.

Environment committee  , in response to Ms. Donnelly and Mr. Alvarez, but I'd like to begin with the commissioner. I very much appreciated your presentation. In a sense, I think we had this conversation when you initially released your report for 2006 on climate change. If I may return to Bill C-288, the whole

Environment committee   association representing about 150 companies and 98% of the production here in Canada from the east coast to the north. I am the president of the association, and with me today is Rick Hyndman, senior policy adviser, who has been involved in this climate change file since the beginning

Environment committee   time, we've been able to liberate ourselves from our fossil fuel hunger and find a renewable fuel. This has also addressed air quality considerations. They really do go hand-in-glove. The single largest contributing factor to air quality, climate change, and greenhouse gases

Environment committee   on air and climate change that makes sense for all concerned. We really hope those initiatives are not pushed aside with respect to a new approach to air. Mr. Chairman, this concludes my formal remarks. I'd be happy to take any questions that the committee members may have. Thank

Environment committee   happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame. This committee and all of us in this room can no longer afford to shuffle the entire blame for contaminated water, for smog, climate change, and toxic chemicals solely to either industry or to government. As citizens and consumers, we

Environment committee  Okay. I read Mr. Suzuki's book. Indeed, he discusses climate change at length, but no solutions were ever really offered. I had hoped to find the miracle solution in M. Suzuki's book, since you mentioned it, but I still have not found it.

Environment committee  How many years have we had consultations with large industry around climate change, from the federal government?