Environment committee   it, but lot of good work has been done in that area. Directly related to this stormwater runoff problem is climate change. I can tell you, from our members, and across the basin on the Canadian side, Thunder Bay, Wawa, Goderich, Mississauga, Hamilton, and Toronto have been hit

Environment committee   for the city and so have overarching responsibility for infrastructure planning, dealing with all the water, waste water, and stormwater infrastructure in the City of Toronto. I've led a number of environmental stewardship initiatives, including on climate change adaptation and a strategy

Environment committee   ecological services. The loss of natural environments in urban areas and urban fringes, especially in southern Canada, is affecting climate change. We are seeing a loss of natural environments and biodiversity, a loss of flood plains, a loss of farmland and poor management of rainwater

Environment committee  , and then to start correlating those with studies to see how they're affecting fish populations. In warmer temperatures certain fish species will not be able to spawn and will die out. We need to be ahead of the game and looking out for those fish interests. Then in terms of climate change, we

Environment committee   quality, water quantity, and flood control, and the way these matters are impacted by our growing population and by climate change. Working with many partners, we have identified several best practices in priority sub-watersheds. These practices include programs to promote cover

Environment committee  I think what you're trying to say is that with the advent of climate change, and perhaps the temperature rise, two degrees would be substantial. I think probably in the last 30 or 40 years, there's been an increase of about one degree, or three-quarters of one degree, on surface

Environment committee  No. Modelling has been going on for years, but better and better modelling is our key initiative. We now have to appreciate.... For instance, the climate change issue is something that probably has been fully recognized in the past dozen years and probably was paid little

Environment committee   to determine the impacts of all these stresses on the Great Lakes? Are you able, say with climate change, to predict what will occur with a two-degree warming in the system? Are you in a position to forecast different outcomes as a result of potential change in climate or different types

Environment committee   than that of the province of British Columbia. On climate change, the department is heavily engaged in implementing our sector-by-sector regulatory approach and in working with the provinces and territories to reduce emissions. We have combined efforts to reduce electricity

Environment committee  Okay. In the possibility that we have extreme weather events—and we are having them. We can't mention the term “climate change” around here, but in extreme weather events, it's maybe not unreasonable to assume.... Even this winter there has been a massive amount of snow

Environment committee  Excuse me, Mr. Choquette. I want to remind you that I specifically read out the parameters of our study when we opened this meeting, and I would encourage you to keep to this topic that this committee agreed to study. We're not studying climate change. We're studying Great

Environment committee  I may have missed it. I thought I was listening very intently, but to be honest with you, I don't think I heard the witness speak about climate change. If I missed it, I apologize. I think that what we're really here to talk about is water quality. That's what the witness

Environment committee   for the resurgence of the algae are complex and not completely understood. Phosphorus levels have declined significantly and are currently stable; however, the proportion of phosphorus in dissolved form is increasing, and this is believed to be contributing to increased algae growth. Climate

Environment committee   once but three times, because as you know, it's the same bill as was passed by this committee and the House last year, when it was called Bill C-377. Because it's the only legislation currently being considered that tackles climate change by setting firm targets to reduce our

Environment committee   in cities. On the conversation we had about the tree canopy today, and even with regard to some of my colleagues' comments on climate change, it's very interesting to talk about trees as a climate change adaptation mechanism and to think about what that can mean in the cities. You're