Environment committee  Yes, a 30% cut at Environment Canada is a very exciting thing. I don't know how reducing your budget by 30%, and your staffing by 15%, and your climate change by 77% can get much more exciting than that. For those of you looking for help from the Government of Canada

Environment committee   for Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, is that it has stayed low for the last 15 years. We do have a sense that some of that is definitely because of climate change, but some of that is also because of the dredging of the St. Clair River, which has also exacerbated that.

Environment committee   in terms of the zebra mussels and other invasive species, human interventions, development pressures, clearing for crops, and the obscuring effect of climate change. We've had to go back to the drawing board a number of times and reassess the initial delisting targets to see whether

Environment committee   consequences of global climate change is there are lower than normal water levels in the Great Lakes, and we are seeing this now. For lakes Huron and Michigan, which are essentially two lobes of the same lake, water levels have been at or below the long-term average since 1999. The mean

Environment committee   on the nearshores? Was there wetland improvement? A lot of those things all contribute to nutrient loading—algae blooms, and throw in the climate change and throw in the zebra mussels to make it a lot more complicated. But we have received funding and we have done a lot of research. Prior

Environment committee  I wanted to know something about green economy, and the question is for all three of you. It's important to invest in green infrastructure. What would you suggest to the federal government in that regard? Earlier, we talked about climate change and its repercussions on the work

Environment committee  That's a good question. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement has a climate change annex, and Conservation Ontario has a representative on that annex. That subcommittee is currently working on pulling together the current information. They're planning on having a webinar

Environment committee  Thank you very much. I will continue in the same vein. I think you worked on the Green Economy Roadmap for Conservation Authorities in Ontario or a group closely related to you did. This document suggests creating sound partnerships to manage climate change, adapt

Environment committee   to the elements during the shorter duration of snow cover in the period when crop cover is absent. Obviously, again, climate change and the changing weather patterns impact our water quality protection efforts. We have to our adjust our agricultural practices on a very wide scale

Environment committee   to create legislation and ensure that it is properly enforced. What we are seeing through a number of bills is an attack on the environment. You mentioned the National Round Table on the Environment and the economy, where climate change is discussed. What type of regulation undermined

Environment committee  Thank you very much. A little earlier, you spoke about the importance of climate change. I think that Ontario has the municipal adaptation and resiliency service. Can you tell us a little bit about that program in relation to water quality in the Great Lakes?

Environment committee  It is an information program for the municipalities. There is a website and a training program for municipalities to implement efforts to prevent the negative effect of climate change, such as severe storms and things like that.

Environment committee   a number of other regions. It was just mentioned that the environment is a priority for Canadians. Climate change is currently being discussed at the Doha conference. Regarding the impact on young people, you talked about a decrease in aggressiveness of about 50%. Are there any other

Environment committee   is the provision of safe and reliable water and waste water services. Because we have an aging infrastructure, that is the first priority. You tack on environmental objectives as being sort of the next pillar, and then you tack on to that, as David mentioned, our climate change adaptation

Environment committee   the fact that I know there was an interest in talking about climate change adaptation strategies in the City of Toronto to deal with urban flooding as well as the work we've done for source water protection in the near-shore area of Lake Ontario. Time does not permit, but I include