Environment committee  Yes, very quickly, just on habitat, groups don't come to us and speak specifically about climate change. I think people working locally recognize that habitat conservation is one of the key strategies to adapt. The federal government has other programs, which I'm not familiar

Environment committee  Mr. McLean, if I understand what you are saying correctly, you have a very reduced, if not non-existent, role in the fight against climate change. The provinces and the territories are fighting climate change or working on what you call resilience. Have I understood correctly?

Environment committee  Of course, I will therefore ask a question related to habitat conservation and stakeholders. I think it is the first or second point of the study. Do those stakeholders communicate with you about climate change? You talked about the provinces, but you represent Environment

Environment committee  , we don't have any sustainable development legislation, but we do have a strategy at least. You talked about the polluter-pay principle and the price of carbon. President Obama stressed the importance of a major shift when it comes to tackling climate change and adapting

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?