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Environment committee Mr. Chair, my name is Nadine Stiller, and I have been chair of the Prairie Provinces Water Board since 2018. I'm also the executive director with the new Canada water agency branch within Environment and Climate Change Canada. Today I'm representing the Prairie Provinces Water
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
Nadine Stiller
Environment committee depend a lot on the speed at which climate change is taking place, especially in the western United States. In other words, given the current structure of use in the United States, where about 80% of the water is consumed by the agricultural sector, and the speed of climate change
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
Frédéric Lasserre
Environment committee national and international best practices into our regulatory framework. For any new project, proponents are required to conduct an environmental assessment under applicable legislation. CNSC staff work with other federal departments, such as Environment and Climate Change Canada
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
Haidy Tadros
Environment committee in the Eastern Townships, Beauce, Alberta as mentioned and British Columbia. Add to that the impact of climate change, and we don't yet know exactly how that will play out. We will only be able to see it through alteration of the precipitation regime. Less snow would accumulate
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
Fréderic Lasserre
Environment committee to you because this is our final meeting with expert witnesses on this subject, and we've had these interruptions throughout. We've heard from Professor Lasserre that climate change is exacerbating the problems of drought and flooding. It has so much to do with water management
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
Leah Taylor RoyLiberal
Environment committee . They don't believe in climate change. They consistently prioritize the corporate interests of their greedy oil and gas masters over the needs of everyday Canadians. For that reason, Mr. Chair—and I hope I haven't taken too long—I move that we adjourn debate on this motion for now, so
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
Adam van KoeverdenLiberal
Environment committee and is punishing hard-working everyday Canadians across this country. While the rural member from Milton likes to accuse anyone who disagrees with him of being a climate change denier, I don't think he would say that about the Liberal premier from Newfoundland and Labrador, and I hope he
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
Branden LeslieConservative
Environment committee That's another vast question. In the mountains of both Canada and the United States, we are indeed seeing not necessarily a major decrease in precipitation over the whole year but a change in precipitation patterns. Before the advent of climate change two or three decades ago
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
Frédéric Lasserre
Environment committee issue in that, as I mentioned, the United States is also facing the effects of climate change and the relative scarcity of the resource. That said, the opportunity to look to another source—essentially Canada—always arises in the public debate, especially in the western United
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
Frédéric Lasserre
Environment committee water or to the environment, but we look at an all hazards analysis. I know this committee is interested also in climate change analysis and all the rest of it, so maybe we can get into that as well. Coming to your question about the pollution going into the Ottawa River from
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
Haidy Tadros
Environment committee experience drought on a cyclical basis and, indeed, that is exacerbated by the effects of climate change. The Prairie Provinces Water Board presents a forum to help collaborate across the jurisdictions to address those challenges more effectively. I'll close by saying that the master
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
Nadine Stiller
Environment committee The board's current challenges involve dealing with climate change-related extreme weather events, as I was discussing. There is also the issue of invasive mussels. This is why I brought both of these issues forward to you. These issues are the local governments' greatest
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
Dr. Anna Warwick Sears
Environment committee That's okay. Mr. Chair, I would like to move the following motion: Given that: a. On Thursday, November 9, 2023, Derek Hermanutz, Director General, Economic Analysis Directorate, for Environment and Climate Change Canada, stated at committee: "I think we're probably
April 11th, 2024Committee meeting
Branden LeslieConservative
Environment committee requested. The least we can say is that the committee's motion was clear: We wanted to get information directly from the department concerned, Environment and Climate Change Canada. However, what do we see in the document that was submitted to us? Allow me to cite it in English
April 9th, 2024Committee meeting
Gérard DeltellConservative
Environment committee Thank you, Madam Chair. First, I would like to thank Dr. John Pomeroy for being here today at the table with me. Dr. Pomeroy is the Canada research chair in water resources and climate change. He is the inspiration behind this bill. He helped to draft this bill, and he
April 9th, 2024Committee meeting
Francis ScarpaleggiaLiberal