Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, members. I'm pleased to be here with you today to discuss the 2018-19 supplementary estimates (A) for Environment and Climate Change Canada. With me are Matt Jones, the assistant deputy minister of the pan-Canadian framework

Environment committee   supplementary estimates (A) for the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency provides evidence-based environmental assessments. The agency's team of highly qualified employees supports the Minister of Environment and Climate Change in carrying

Environment committee  I think it's important to appreciate that we have a very diverse department, and these estimates include all aspects of the work of the department, be it climate change, conserving nature or our role in impact assessment. It is about all of the priorities that we are dealing

Environment committee   specific purposes. It's more of a fine-tuning kind of approach, I would say. In terms of climate change, I would point to the Canadian centre for climate services, for which we've asked for some modifications to the monies to change from one vote to another to allow for a more

Environment committee   with which we are seeking funding, moving forward. This new results framework clearly highlights the climate action, climate change and clean growth priority of the government, not just of the department. It also establishes the renewed commitments on conservation, and also on the weather

Environment committee   in the deliverables contributing to international efforts to galvanize further action on adaptation as well as showcase and enhance Canada's leadership on climate change adaptation at a global scale. With respect to the G7 plastics charter, the funding will be used to support agreements

Environment committee  Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to all of our presenters today. This is the start of a new study. It was a motion adopted back on February 1 of 2018 to dedicate six meetings to studying the pan-Canadian framework on climate change and this one is looking at forestry

Environment committee  We're all from Natural Resources Canada, from the Canadian Forest Service. We have, joining us online from our Pacific Forestry Centre, Dr. Werner Kurz, senior researcher on climate change. We have Dr. Anne-Hélène Mathey, who manages our climate change programming, and we have

Environment committee  Hi, it's Judy Meltzer. I'm the director general of the carbon pricing bureau at Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Environment committee  I'm Vincent Ngan, the director general of horizontal policy and engagement for the pan-Canadian framework implementation office, with Environment and Climate Change Canada. I have the longest title. Thank you.

Environment committee   and their role in Canada's clean growth and climate change strategy. We are, I believe, at a pivotal moment when climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our generation. Investing in science, clean technology and innovation is the new imperative for a low-carbon economy. We

Environment committee   of agriculture have identified environmental sustainability and climate change as one of six priorities under the partnership. Through the partnership, the Government of Canada, together with the provinces and territories, will provide funding to help this sector grow sustainably in three

Environment committee  I have only about 45 seconds, so I'll ask a short one and maybe go to Natural Resources. We know that severe weather and climate change are real problems. Forest fires are important for new growth, but also contribute to GHG emissions. How can we best manage forests to ensure

Environment committee   that have a significant amount of fuels within them. There are ways to manage these and also then use some of these fuels—the wood—in climate change mitigation strategies. With the allotted time, I'll leave it at that. I'm happy to come back to this later.

Environment committee  Yes. Thank you for that question. I think all of the analysis that we have done in the Canadian Forest Service of NRCan—and has also been done elsewhere in the world—does indicate that using wood can make a contribution to climate change mitigation, in particular, using long