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Environment committee pollution will be influenced by climatic change. We currently lack an understanding of how the sources of pollutants, their transport and their fate in fresh waters will be impacted by climatic change. However, the current prediction is that climatic change will exacerbate freshwater
November 23rd, 2023Committee meeting
Dr. Julian Aherne
Environment committee , climate change, burgeoning energy production, intensification of agriculture and contamination. This report provides a useful blueprint for the management of Canada's groundwater resources, and I urge the committee to prioritize groundwater issues. Regarding surface water quality
November 21st, 2023Committee meeting
Robert Sopuck
Environment committee a whole bunch of really good value-added stuff. It's also going to help mitigate the effects of climate change. A bunch of the infrastructure we've invested in around beaver dam analogues, riparian area habitat restoration and wetland restoration is just generally good stuff
November 21st, 2023Committee meeting
Jesse Zeman
Environment committee to the prosperity, sustainability and resilience of British Columbian communities, and given the increasingly severe impacts of climate change, including drought, wildfires and floods, the committee urge the federal government to work with the Government of British Columbia to establish a $1
November 23rd, 2023Committee meeting
Environment committee of contaminants of concern in, for example, Annex 3 of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The second is to invest in research to better understand the fate, behaviour and toxicity of emerging contaminants to support informed regulations. The third recommendation is to consider climate
November 23rd, 2023Committee meeting
Jérôme Marty
Environment committee critical to responding to this changing dynamic of water and climate change. We need to do more. We need to invest more. We need to recognize that our models and our knowledge around how water is changing are also changing, and we're not doing enough. We called for a mission-driven
November 23rd, 2023Committee meeting
Tyler McCann
Environment committee and clear. As you pointed out, they're on the ground, and they understand the significance of climate change and water issues. I want to talk about recommendation 6.2, which calls for the launch of an expert panel. I also liked Mr. Mazier's question about the possibility
November 23rd, 2023Committee meeting
Sophie ChatelLiberal
Environment committee by water quality and quantity. While Canadians often consider water to be an abundant natural resource, around the world there are pressures, including increasing demand and climate change, that are turning water into a scarce resource and reinforcing how precarious agriculture's
November 23rd, 2023Committee meeting
Tyler McCann
Environment committee Thank you, Mr. Sopuck. I'm switching gears again a bit, and I'll ask you to answer in about a minute, if you can. You mentioned the work that Duff Roblin did in Manitoba. You seemed to indicate you favour that adaption and mitigation approach to tackling climate change
November 21st, 2023Committee meeting
Branden LeslieConservative
Environment committee , is critically important. That's why I talked about natural infrastructure. In terms of hard infrastructure, what Duff Roblin did.... We didn't call it climate change back then, but the miracle of the Winnipeg floodway and the associated flood control works have saved Winnipeg many times
November 21st, 2023Committee meeting
Robert Sopuck
Environment committee you some examples of where that's happening in British Columbia. The second thing is that the actual impacts around water are being seen much more intensely, certainly driven by climate change in the last four or five years. My second point is that the federal government has a lot
November 21st, 2023Committee meeting
Deborah Curran
Environment committee and mobilizing the knowledge and tools, both western and indigenous, needed to understand, predict and respond to water challenges and opportunities, particularly against the backdrop of climate change. This includes enhanced funding to amplify existing data collection and dedicated support
November 21st, 2023Committee meeting
Andrew Stegemann
Environment committee the increasingly severe impacts of climate change including drought, wildfires, and floods, the committee urge the federal government to match the Government of British Columbia’s to establish a $1 billion watershed security fund.” I'll provide the written version to the clerk in both official
November 21st, 2023Committee meeting
Environment committee Mr. Chair, I move the following motion: That, pursuant to the Order of Reference of Thursday November 9th, 2023, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, appear before the Committee for no fewer than 2 hours to consider the Supplementary Estimates (B) before Friday
November 21st, 2023Committee meeting
Dan MazierConservative
Environment committee We are discussing Mr. Mazier's motion, which is: That, pursuant to the Order of Reference of Thursday November 9th, 2023, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, appear before the Committee for no fewer than 2 hours to consider the Supplementary Estimates (B) before
November 21st, 2023Committee meeting
The ChairLiberal