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Environment committee Sorry, in talking with our partners, for example?
December 5th, 2017Committee meeting
Nick Xenos
Environment committee For example, the Canada Green Building Council has come out with a net zero standard for buildings. They've defined what a net zero carbon building would look like, and they've piloted it with 16 partners across the country. One of those buildings is a Public Services and Procurement Canada building in Toronto.
December 5th, 2017Committee meeting
Nick Xenos
Environment committee I co-chair, with B.C., a federal-provincial-territorial community practice. We're working with the provinces, because of course they're looking to green their operations as well. I've also talked to various NGOs that work with municipalities to get a sense of what municipalities are doing.
December 5th, 2017Committee meeting
Nick Xenos
Environment committee I noted her testimony here. I was here and listening. Definitely I think if we can standardize things and make it clear on how folks can report, that would be a good thing.
December 5th, 2017Committee meeting
Nick Xenos
Environment committee Sure, we can send a link to the committee of the exact website, if that would be helpful.
December 5th, 2017Committee meeting
Nick Xenos
Environment committee Ultimately you can just google “Government of Canada greenhouse gas inventory”, and it will lead you right there. I agree with you that dissemination is a key area in which we can always do better. We have put up infographics to make it simpler and clearer on summarizing the data.
December 5th, 2017Committee meeting
Nick Xenos
Environment committee Of the centre for greening government?
December 5th, 2017Committee meeting
Nick Xenos
Environment committee Well, in terms of the centre for greening government, our mandate, of course—
December 5th, 2017Committee meeting
Nick Xenos
Environment committee For the word “greening”, I would—
December 5th, 2017Committee meeting
Nick Xenos
Environment committee We're using it in the environmental sense.
December 5th, 2017Committee meeting
Nick Xenos
Environment committee We're using it in terms of looking at the environmental impacts of government operations and in terms of focusing, we're looking at carbon, but we're also thinking more broadly than that. But it's not—
December 5th, 2017Committee meeting
Nick Xenos
Environment committee Yes. We held a round table here in Ottawa, because we started with staff in the Ottawa capital region. We had a morning session here in Ottawa. We looked at ideas to mobilize employees on environmental issues in government operations.
December 5th, 2017Committee meeting
Nick Xenos
Environment committee What level in terms of how senior or in terms of how many?
December 5th, 2017Committee meeting
Nick Xenos
Environment committee I think we had 50 or 60 people there from all levels.
December 5th, 2017Committee meeting
Nick Xenos
Environment committee With staff at all levels? Is that what you're asking?
December 5th, 2017Committee meeting
Nick Xenos