Environment committee   of aluminum; in China, it's eleven. Where should the aluminum be made, if we truly look at the issue of climate change as a global crisis? Where is the best place to make the aluminum? Well, it's Canada. If we produce more aluminum in Canada, then our GHGs go up, making it more difficult

Environment committee   in the form of a transfer from the Department of Transport to complete three climate risk assessment reports looking at climate change risks to highway infrastructure in Kootenay National Park, the Trans-Canada Highway in Glacier National Park, and the Eastport causeway highway in Terra

Environment committee  It's part of Transport Canada's broader initiative to assess the risks of climate change on our national transportation infrastructure. I don't have a lot more detail on the analyses as they are ongoing, so I can't give you an assessment of the current risk

Environment committee   significant. Both are impacted by climate change, but that wouldn't be the limits of it. It would even relate to the stability of the road surfaces themselves and—

Environment committee  Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to our guests. Thank you for coming to our session. We are in the middle of a study on clean growth and climate change in Canada. The area of focus that we're looking at right now is forestry, agriculture and waste. There are three groups

Environment committee   of the Pan-Canadian Framework for Clean Growth and Climate Change and our sector. Let me give you a quick snapshot of how important the forest products sector is to Canada's economy. It is a $69 billion a year industry that represents 2% of Canada's GDP. The industry is one of Canada's

Environment committee   sequestration compared with the actual timber value of a tree. It has value either way. What do you think of that concept of conserving 50% of the boreal forest from both an economic and a climate change perspective?

Environment committee  Every company that has residues should register them with either Natural Resources Canada or Environment and Climate Change Canada. It would simply be a matter of managing that data. They could be made public and published on a website. That would be a very simple, quite

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks, committee members, for your time. I'm very pleased to be here today to speak on behalf of the Canola Council of Canada to share how the canola industry is contributing to clean growth and climate change mitigation for Canada. Before I start, I

Environment committee   accomplishments of canola farmers and about how their commitment to continue improving their environmental footprint will help the government achieve its goals under the pan-Canadian framework on clean growth and climate change. Farmers, more than those in other businesses, are impacted

Environment committee   with a number of issues that cross commodities. This is one of those issues that does cross a lot of commodities. One of the things I'll say at the outset is that I'm pleased to see that the committee is looking at what we really accomplish moving forward to deal with climate change

Environment committee   in funding for the types of agricultural research that I'm referencing where we can see real benefits spread across the sector that can have real impacts on mitigating climate change and reducing emissions. We are very fortunate to be able to have funding that encourages growers

Environment committee   like to be exempt. In your presentation, Mr. White, you touched on taxes. You said, “Farmers would rather be incentivized to help the government achieve its climate change goals rather than be taxed.” Which tax are you referring to?

Environment committee   first and foremost ask is to make sure that whatever happens going forward on climate change farmers are not rendered uncompetitive in the global market, because 90% of what we grow is exported.

Environment committee   that, unfortunately, around the world today, some of the voices that are the loudest in support of climate change policies are also the loudest in opposing the plant and agronomic science that is helping farmers produce more with less. Could you explain that to me? Is this a misunderstanding? I