Environment committee  Your time is over. I want to remind committee members, however, of the statement that made by our minister on page 13. We're not only addressing issues in Canada but also committing $1.2 billion to support a range of climate change projects in 60 developing countries

Environment committee  I don't know who to direct this to, but since climate change seems to be the issue du jour, can any one of you tell me what meetings you've had with the oil and gas industry in the last six months? What was the state of the negotiations? Is there any chance that we are going

Environment committee   for a number of years, that it's important to get all of the emitters around the table. We all have a role to play, but everybody has to be there. We're a player, but we're relatively small. By ourselves, we are not going to influence the course of climate change. At the same time, we

Environment committee   weather events and linking it to doing something about these extreme weather events, who immediately dive into the topic of reducing carbon emissions and dealing with climate change, there's an obvious question that arises. The minister made the point that Canada has 2% of carbon

Environment committee  Thank you again, minister. Everyone has said that you won't be able to reach the low climate change targets by 2020. Even Environment Canada officials have said so. How many megatonnes are you short as far as reaching your 2020 target goes?

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to address quickly some of Mr. McKay's concerns about an investment in climate change. In the national conservation plan that we just unveiled, there's $50 million for wetland rehabilitation, $50 million for uplands, and $100 million for natural

Environment committee  Perfect. Discussions during the summit will focus on post-2020 commitments. What post-2020 commitments does Canada plan to make in regard to climate change?

Environment committee  . To what extent do climate change reductions reflect steps taken by the provinces? What percentage of those reductions is due to the economic downturn? If you don't have the figures with you, could you send them to the committee in the coming weeks? Do you have the number?

Environment committee  Thank you, Minister, for attending here today. You mentioned black carbon. Black carbon is an important element in the fight against climate change. You know we both come from the two ridings that represent the high Arctic in Canada. In Canada today we produce 98,000 tonnes

Environment committee  If I have your questioning correctly, what you're pointing out is that we have a number of programs in Environment Canada—climate change and clean air being examples—for which we get time-limited funding, so we get it for five years or some other period of time. What you see

Environment committee  I'll be happy to take Mr. Sopuck's 30 extra seconds. Minister, are you aware that the federal government paid out $2.6 billion in disaster relief assistance last year, almost entirely from climate change-driven catastrophic weather events?

Environment committee  —is quite broad, and it's not environment-specific. There's mental health, suicide, climate change, traditional knowledge of indigenous people, safe shipping. So it's quite broad—

Environment committee  In the initiatives under the clean air regulatory agenda that we've taken, we have taken actions to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants that have threatened the health of Canadians, degraded the environment, or contributed to climate change and smog. I'll

Environment committee   examines a number of areas, ranging from oil spills from ships to fresh water monitoring and climate change impacts. It points to some common and long-standing weaknesses in the way the government has been managing environmental issues, from a lack of critical data to inadequate

Environment committee  My next question concerns funds allocated to CIDA to fight climate change. In this case also, I would like to know whether there is accountability. Are we in a position to ensure that that money is truly being used to fight climate change?