Environment committee   in the climate change debate for well over a decade, and we take the perspective that the natural gas delivery industry is part of the solution. By that, I mean three things. First, while our direct emissions from the gas delivery operations are relatively small, we are part of the so

Environment committee   on climate change or to listen to the people around you? You have to be able to understand not only the economic aspect, but also the environmental aspect of issues. At present, the economy is still the big predator. It is constantly preying on the environment. You are an economist

Environment committee  As I say, if I talk about going forward, I'm not sure exactly how things are going to unfold and what the deputy will think I'm most beneficial to work on. Up until now it has primarily been on the climate change file. I've been trying to understand what the issues are out

Environment committee   Commission. Also, I've been involved in various international organizations. In the 1990s, I spent time as a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which produced the second assessment report. For a long time I was a member of the China Council, which is a group of seven

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll reiterate what I mentioned before. On its own, climate change is not something that you can deal with. It's an impact, if you like, based on a lot of other activities that we do. So in terms of how we organized our program activity architecture last

Environment committee   recall it being sold as a gift to seniors and students; I recall it being sold as an environmental policy. In terms of the $13 billion you're requesting for work on regulations on climate change, I think that's an admission that you missed your fall deadline to come out with climate

Environment committee   assure you that many, including me, will be watching and hoping that the minister will live up to his words that he lauds the role of scientists in addressing climate change and respects their work. We hope the funding will be restored. Minister Prentice, two ministers back, reacted

Environment committee   in climate change research. I have to confess that I have to wait until the budget to give you details of any steps regarding funding of external research by Environment Canada, and I apologize for that, but that's the reality of the timing that we face.

Environment committee   technical and science-based, all the programs we run: wildlife and habitat biodiversity, water resources, sustainable ecosystems, wildlife compliance promotion and enforcement, climate change and clean air, substance and waste management, weather and environmental services. Since

Environment committee  , international science work like climate change work, etc. About half of what we do is basically science.

Environment committee  On climate change?

Environment committee   from Mount Forest, Corey La Chanse. She owns Green-Seal Technologies, which installs insulation in people's homes, and her business has also been affected. This is a program that allowed people to participate in climate change mitigation. It helped local economies. It spurred

Environment committee  , but because it was undermining other countries trying to do their share. Lastly, on the subject of climate change, having personally been at the Copenhagen meetings, Canadian negotiators were banned, were disinvited from being part of the discussions to generate the Copenhagen accord

Environment committee  Let me start at the beginning of your intervention, and you won't be surprised if I disagree wholeheartedly with your characterization. After 13 years of Liberal lip service to climate change and international remediation efforts, our government stands in stark contrast

Environment committee   Park. That has helped to restore the natural habitats and the balanced environmental cycles that used to come when the buffalo roamed, and others. Again, we are aware of dire projections with regard to climate change in the Canadian Arctic, and we are working with both Canadian