Environment committee   and that the committee invite the Minister of Environment and Climate Change to appear in view of this study; that Deputy Heads in the Minister’s Portfolio implicated in the Supplementary Estimates (C) appear alongside the Minister; and that the Minister appear for the first hour with Deputy Heads

Environment committee  . The statistics speak for themselves: criminal prosecutions are rare under CEPA. I can provide you with those statistics. Environment and Climate Change Canada initiates very few investigations and lays few criminal charges under CEPA. It's clear that our citizens are far from certain

Environment committee  , that wasn't the word. It was more frequent or more predictable or knowing that somebody would be looking at you if you were not following the laws and regulations. How could this be tied in by sector? I'm thinking of our climate change goals by sector. Transportation has certain goals

Environment committee   on the nature of the environmental offence or the nature of the pollution case. However, I believe that Environment and Climate Change Canada is able to obtain this information when it is investigating a pollution incident.

Environment committee  , but I'll try to broaden the discussion a bit. In the 2020-21 departmental plan, Environment and Climate Change Canada intends to continue its risk-based approach to the enforcement of federal environmental laws. As a lawyer, what is your understanding of this specific risk-based

Environment committee   cases, varied—enforcement. In the last Parliament, I heard a lot of concerns from small operators, particularly those in the dry cleaning industry, who were asking why the federal government—in this case, Environment and Climate Change Canada—was attacking them as small businesses

Environment committee   note that we do have a new wave of these agreements emerging, particularly around climate change measures related to coal-fired electricity and methane. Thank you.

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. I'm certainly happy to be with you once again to discuss the 2020-21 supplementary estimates (B) for Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Parks Canada Agency. I would like to start by recognizing

Environment committee   measures and enforcement actions and it's focused on small mom-and-pop shops, I think is troubling. It would be interesting to explore in this study by the committee why that is and what resources Environment and Climate Change Canada could have to be able to take on large-scale crimes.

Environment committee   resources to handle especially the serious offences. I want to get back to the NOx, very briefly. Are we including it in our climate change list of greenhouse gas emissions, or is it something we also need to consider including? This is for Muhannad, please.

Environment committee  : a 2009 report, a 2011 report and a 2018 report. Some of the findings have been consistent in terms of the way that Environment and Climate Change Canada has invested resources and capacity in enforcing its regulations. The last report that came out in 2018 showed that 2,000

Environment committee   submitted a CEPA section 17 request to the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change to open a transparent investigation of Volkswagen’s violations. Citing the government’s ongoing investigation, the minister refused to investigate three of the violations I outlined in my request

Environment committee   by 2030. I'm sure you are aware of these numbers, Mr. Minister. In addition, it seems this promise is the government's main strategy to combat climate change. At the briefing on Bill C-12, however, officials said you are supposed to table a plan to fight climate change by the end

Environment committee   a cumulative reduction of 14,600 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, which is the equivalent of taking 4,500 cars off the road. I think you would also have seen the statements in the fall economic statement around climate change that include grants for people to refit their homes

Environment committee  Thank you. With respect to the orphan well fund, this is not a fund that's administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada, but we are working closely with our colleagues both in the Department of Finance and Natural Resources Canada with respect to that. The fund