Environment committee  , yes, I agree from a global perspective that climate change is without a doubt the environmental issue that has brought the world together, and Canada is there participating on the world stage. But as I said as well, we need a strong domestic framework. The number one environmental

Environment committee   to an important one. Carbon dioxide, being of greatest concern for its contribution to climate change, must remain in the act as a pollutant to be subject to regulatory control. All decisions regarding toxic substances should explicitly consider exposures to vulnerable populations

Environment committee   a consumer's point of view, we have to educate the consumer that this is an important issue. We have a tremendous problem with climate change. We have a tremendous problem with air quality. We must educate the consumer about change, and then we have to change. We also have to educate

Environment committee  . Also, some common solutions might be alternative sources of electricity, such as wind and solar power. One of the things we have to be careful of in some of these solutions is that you can choose a climate change solution that might, for example, be burning wood, which

Environment committee   doing on climate change. We also track what we've been doing on emissions of substances like dioxins and furans, and those have been substantially reduced. I know it's also the case in broader studies that have shown it outside the chemical industry. The government folks might want

Environment committee   the impacts of climate change and adapt to its effects.” Then the next couple of pages are a fairly graphic description of the sorts of challenges Canadians are facing, particularly in the north. And there's a call there for more resources for adaptation and for dealing with impacts

Environment committee   of that. So in terms of what was actually captured under the climate change particular strategic outcome, that's not to say that it wouldn't be informed from the other strategic outcomes. I'll ask my colleague, Craig Ferguson, to provide a few more insights in a moment, but I can say

Environment committee  Thank you. Basia Ruta has already expressed most of what I would have added, but perhaps I can emphasize the fact that in terms of climate change programming government-wide, while Environment Canada certainly does provide some of the science activity and science analysis

Environment committee   and resources at this very moment toward fighting climate change. That should be the number one priority for all those who really care about the environment. My concern is that when I look at the estimates, only 2.5% is to deal with climate change. But we all know that should be the number

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   such as climate change, which are so critical for the environment?

Environment committee  Yes. Ms. Ruta, I refer you back to page 12 of your main estimates, in which you mentioned adjustments of $34 million. How come this $34 million adjustment has been transferred under the heading "The impacts of climate change..." which initially had been approximately $19

Environment committee  Approximately 15 or 16 months ago, a decision was taken to do a full review of all climate change programs. This review was carried out by the Treasury Board Secretariat with considerable input from the department. There was a rather systematic process: 95 initiatives were

Environment committee  Thank you very much for this question. It's somewhat technical, but as you know, the previous government was in a position to assess all climate change programs. This review enabled us to determine to what extent the programs would go forward. The $34.5 million and the amounts

Environment committee   were going to allocate new funding for its continuation, or for continuation under another form. That's why these numbers look like they're dropping. The other thing I'd like to bring to your attention is there is about $14 million in supplementary estimates for climate change