Environment committee   energy-efficient. CMHC is pleased to be leading this unprecedented investment in building healthy communities. It's a comprehensive strategy that will advance a whole host of broader government initiatives, objectives, and priorities, including supporting Canada's climate change

Environment committee   is required for them to achieve their sustainable development goals. We support that approach to buildings because, although there is the climate change imperative that is driving codes and standards, we also need consumer demand. The demand for better buildings that offer better comfort

Environment committee  , a researcher from the Université de Montréal, who works in the field of climate change. One of the things he told me was that there was a lack of coordination at the federal level, and even at the provincial level, in Quebec. He mentioned that several measures have not been included

Environment committee  Good morning, everyone. We are still studying clean growth and climate change in Canada with the built environment. We have a full suite of witnesses with us today, and also one by teleconference. We have five speakers, so that's going to end up taking all of our time. We're

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and thank you for inviting me to come to the committee. I would like to provide an overview from our council's perspective on how green buildings can help Canada achieve its GHG commitments and climate change commitments. There's a common

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair and members, for this great opportunity to address you today on what our industry feels is society's greatest challenge, which is the fight against climate change and how we tackle that through reducing greenhouse gases from the industry building

Environment committee   change solution, which is the HVACR sector. I want to talk a little bit about the role of the HVACR industry in promoting energy efficiency and mitigating climate change. First, just to be clear on the scope of the HVACR sector, HVACR is heating, ventilating, air conditioning

Environment committee   the railing. However, they're not fixated on climate change and GHG reduction. Michael spoke to that in his comments.

Environment committee  , the Minister of the Environment, and the Minister of Infrastructure, that every dollar we spend needs to be looked at through the lens of climate change. Only when you do that will you see reductions in greenhouse gases, and generally at no cost. First, employ life cycle, choose building

Environment committee  You are the legislators, so legislate. Bring Jim Carr in, bring Navdeep Bains in, and ask, “Does Natural Resources and Navdeep Bains' department work with the Minister of Environment and Climate Change?” We have policy going up here, and then we have line departments. What we

Environment committee   and civil servants to understand that the fight against climate change is the biggest fight of our lives. We cannot wait around for 10 or 15 years until 2030 and still be at the same levels we're at today. It's an urgent challenge, and politicians and civil servants need to be seized

Environment committee   can only be designed and built through proper dialogue with the communities. Lastly, in the prerequisites, you must prepare for climate change and develop strategies. We have to anticipate what's coming, and in the north specifically, it's there. Coming to objectives, the second

Environment committee   Assessment Agency provides evidence-based environmental assessments that protect the environment, foster economic growth, and serve the interest of Canadians. We support the Minister of Environment and Climate Change in carrying out her responsibilities by conducting environmental

Environment committee   summer sea ice into 2050 as the planet warms up due to climate change. The third is a transfer of $405,000 from Parks Canada to Library and Archives Canada in return of a parcel of land in Gatineau, Quebec to serve as the future site of the agency's national collections facility

Environment committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, vice-chairs, honourable members. Good morning. It is my pleasure to join you today to discuss the 2017-18 supplementary estimates (C) and the 2018-19 interim estimates for Environment and Climate Change Canada, or ECCC. My name is Doug McConnachie