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Environment committee -water treatment processes, as we increasingly feel the effects of climate change. Water tech is critical in the practical sense, but also has the potential to be positioned as a lucrative opportunity as climate change rises in priority among investment and impact portfolios. I'll
February 8th, 2024Committee meeting
Heather Crochetiere
Environment committee of the upheavals caused by climate change, we have to invest massively in these collective assets. The final point concerns the Canada Water Agency. Earlier, during the meeting with the first group of witnesses, there was talk about reduction at source. That is the best way to eliminate
February 8th, 2024Committee meeting
Mathieu Laneuville
Environment committee it, and that it will always be there. That is the kind of funding we want to have, because, otherwise, we will not get it done. We have to do maintenance, we have to adapt to climate change, and we have to comply with the new secondary wastewater treatment regulations. That amounts, at a minimum
February 8th, 2024Committee meeting
Maja Vodanovic
Environment committee to no longer be tied to building new housing. That is an important message, which I wanted to send. You also talked about how to go about improving the situation. We think that water conservation is the best vector. Because of climate change, pressure has really grown on our water
February 8th, 2024Committee meeting
Mathieu Laneuville
Environment committee to be on the site over the next 50 years. In addition, the site will have to be monitored for 500 years, but no one can monitor a site for 500 years. We are very concerned, because the site is located right beside the water, alongside the groundwater. We are afraid that climate change and floods
February 8th, 2024Committee meeting
Maja Vodanovic
Environment committee , it overlaps with another federal priority I appreciate: reducing the impacts of climate change and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. We have to do that to save Lake Simcoe, save our climate and protect our water from the impacts of salt pollution, which is a huge issue we've just
February 13th, 2024Committee meeting
Claire Malcolmson
Environment committee our waterways. In addition, we must dispel the false perception that water can be contained, channelled and controlled. As you know, because of climate change, there is too much water in some places and not enough elsewhere. If we were smart and allowed waterways to flow freely
February 13th, 2024Committee meeting
André Bélanger
Environment committee for health, and also, of course, it's important for climate change. We're making no progress on that.
February 13th, 2024Committee meeting
Claire Malcolmson
Environment committee to water quantity. Between climate change, increased rainfall and flooding in parts of the country, and increased risks of droughts in other parts of the country, water quantity is going to be a critical aspect of what the Canada water agency should do. I really think its role needs
February 13th, 2024Committee meeting
Scott Higgins
Environment committee licence to make the necessary changes to adapt to climate change.
February 13th, 2024Committee meeting
André Bélanger
Environment committee Thank you. Dr. Higgins, it's been nine years since the International Institute for Sustainable Development took the management of the Experimental Lakes Area. There is some work being done there on the impact of climate change on the lakes. Could you please elaborate
February 13th, 2024Committee meeting
Shafqat AliLiberal
Environment committee . These recommendations draw on our 10 years of experience working to improve access to data in Canada. I'll start with community. Communities are an essential part of Canada's ability to adapt to freshwater issues and climate change. DataStream works with more than 150 community organizations
February 13th, 2024Committee meeting
Aislin Livingstone
Environment committee in Canada. We work to help people address the impacts of climate change on water quality and quantity and biodiversity in their respective communities. Joining us today are my colleagues Paige Thurston, manager of our Columbia Basin hydrometric and groundwater program, and Georgia Peck
February 13th, 2024Committee meeting
Kat Hartwig
Environment committee and disease stress. As climate change continues to impact surface water, groundwater is becoming increasingly important to agriculture and ecosystem productivity, yet initiatives currently proposed to address water resources in Canada ignore groundwater. To underscore the importance
February 13th, 2024Committee meeting
Dr. Steven Frey
Environment committee Thank you for that clarification. I also want to thank you for the extraordinary and very scientific work you have done on this file. Mr. Frey, there's a lot of talk about agriculture. In my riding, farmers are very aware of climate change and are working hard to fight
February 13th, 2024Committee meeting
Sophie ChatelLiberal