Environment committee   that with the clerk—much of which has been filibustered by the government, hour after hour, delay after delay, tactic after tactic. It seems to me and many others involved with this debate on climate change that the last thing we can afford is time, and the last tactic we should be using is delay

Environment committee  With clause 10, Chair, what this bill finally does for Canadians is allow full transparency and accountability when it comes to climate change targets. Mr. Layton's bill sets into law those targets and timelines, finally. Clause 10 is very clear, and we've made appropriate

Environment committee   this is irresponsible. It demonstrates that the Liberals will sign or do anything, because they have no intention of doing anything on climate change. They had 13 years to show they cared about climate change, and now their support of Bill C-377, when they also supported Canada's Turning the Corner

Environment committee  I'll perhaps have my colleague, Mr. Arseneault, add a word or two after a minute. But from what I can see, Mr. Cullen, there doesn't seem to be any kind of mechanism within the federal government to look at issues like climate change, and many other issues that are part

Environment committee  It shall read: That, in order to ensure a timely and efficient review of Bill C-311, An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change, the Committee agrees to accept information, testimony, and materials considered during hearings

Environment committee  I have to say that I'm completely befuddled by Mr. McGuinty's comments. His motion must have been raised when I was at the international climate change conferences, so I wasn't actually aware of it. His motion appears to support the very motion I've raised to expedite the review

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, my understanding is that we have a work plan set up for the fall. We had agreed to somewhere between five and six or seven meetings, if I recall, on the climate change issue as prompted by this bill. The really good news is that this bill is actually prompting

Environment committee  Yes, Mr. Chair. My motion is that in order to ensure a timely and efficient review of Bill C-311, An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change, the committee agrees to accept information, testimony, and materials considered during

Environment committee  Mr. Chairman, I think I'm starting to get a clearer picture of the government's strategy. What does the amendment say? First, it corrects an oversight in my amendment in that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change does not identify targets, but rather

Environment committee  , Canada and 160 other countries that are members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change met in Kyoto to conclude a protocol on the convention to limit emissions of greenhouse gases, or GHGs. The resulting agreement, as regular members of this committee know.... Mr

Environment committee  , especially with respect to climate change. In my opinion, the problem Canada has with climate change stems from a combination of the action we have to take as a developed country to meet the science-based requirements in order to ensure a livable future for our children, and a certain

Environment committee  It was actually more that left. There were three that left. I think there are five still participating in CEMA. In your 2006 report, you referred a lot to climate change. That was your primary focus, I believe. In this report from today, it's not focusing on climate change

Environment committee   compared to past droughts, according to tree ring analysis, and is likely to be a very modest drought compared to future droughts if the climate change projections are anywhere close to right. The winter flows are the lowest of the year, and Alberta has begun to recognize

Environment committee   that particular geographic range. This led me to the conclusion that, given the fact that Canada consists of 32 million people and is the second largest land mass on the planet, there's a lot we don't know. Throw in factors such as climate change, the fact that our climate is evolving

Environment committee  The IPCC report that has been studying the effects of climate change at the UN for quite some time is essentially, I would suggest, the gold standard in terms of climate change science. Many thousands of folks of high reputation are involved. Am I right so far?