Environment committee   assure you that this resistance and the resulting international disapproval are insufferable to many Canadians who are genuinely concerned with climate change. Bill C-311 would certainly help rebuild Canada's international stature in the stewardship of the global environment. Second

Environment committee   commissioner said that you had no plan to offset climate change. I'm not talking about GHGs, but climate change. So, what is the basis, in your department, for engaging in significant spending on climate change if you have no plan? Let me give you an example. The minister just talked about

Environment committee  , but they are minor contributors to total greenhouse gas emissions. I can't say this enough: Canada is a leader in the global science effort to address the phenomenon known as climate change. We are an active participant and contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. As my

Environment committee   have cut back on funding in your department. You cannot provide reliable information on weather and climate. So how can you say today that you are able to meet the objectives with regard to adapting to climate change when you are cutting back on funding to researchers and to climate

Environment committee   Nations climate change conference. It's obvious that in the lead-up to those meetings, Canadians too should be informed on where their government stands on what the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calls the defining challenge of our age. It's also the reason I find myself

Environment committee   in which species at risk are considered and the fact that all species are treated the same. There is no opportunity to prioritize with regard to recognizing the impacts of climate change or to recognizing fringe species, which might be just present in a small part of Canada but abundant

Environment committee   will continue to carry out this important work on Sable Island, such as scientific research and environmental, climate change, weather, and air monitoring. We have made a continuing commitment to stay involved and engaged. Nova Scotia will provide advice on the ongoing management

Environment committee  -fits-all package of policies to address an issue. If you look at climate change, for example, it is a really complex issue. A simple instrument cannot address pollution. You need complementary instruments.

Environment committee   2020 targets on climate change. That will be for our report in 2014.

Environment committee  Thank you very much. Have you made any comparisons? At this time, we have the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy which of course includes the climate change plan. We see that there are different ways of doing things. Some provinces do different things in this regard

Environment committee   that the perception in that regard was mistaken because the subsidies were in fact being allocated to fight climate change. However, there are indeed income tax credits, such as the Canadian Exploration Expenses and the Canadian Development Expenses, that are comparable to subsidies. Mr

Environment committee   created, and there will be more to come. If you look at the environmental impacts under climate change, we are reporting an impact of between 7 and 17 megatonnes by 2015 from the entire portfolio. I'd like to draw your attention to the care we take in how we report

Environment committee   exactly the same corporate tax as all other sectors. The only significant subsidies today are there with regard to climate change and carbon capture and sequestration. In terms of the basic incentives that are available for industrial development, they are there for all responsible

Environment committee   examined in the past; we will look at it again. The problem is one of nature. Part of it can be attributed to climate change and warmer winters with no ice cover, very heavy evaporation, as much as 30% in some winters. There's also the matter of what is called glacial isostatic

Environment committee   of setting a price on carbon to fight climate change. Moreover, with all due respect, the provinces are the ones that have made all of the efforts to reduce greenhouse gases. Quebec and California have set up a carbon exchange. Regarding greenhouse gases, I want to know, sector by sector