Environment committee   knowledge and expertise on habitat conservation. What are the sources of this information? How is it disseminated? In seeking an answer to that question, I want to ask whether or not the department is making public the need to adapt and to mitigate climate change, specifically

Environment committee  I would probably turn to the work we're doing, both domestically and internationally, in working with the U.S. and Mexico, in using large protected areas as natural solutions for adaptation to climate change. It's a big part of our communications activities to let people know

Environment committee  Is there a flip side of this too, in terms of your communications? You're communicating how parks can help, but are you focusing on also getting out information about climate change generally and about the potential impact on existing conserved lands or existing ecosystems?

Environment committee  Probably the best example I could provide is that we have an ecological integrity monitoring program in Parks Canada. Although not specifically designed to target the effects of climate change, it is designed to give us a sense of the state of ecological integrity and the state

Environment committee  Yes, very quickly, just on habitat, groups don't come to us and speak specifically about climate change. I think people working locally recognize that habitat conservation is one of the key strategies to adapt. The federal government has other programs, which I'm not familiar

Environment committee   or first nations, like the Métis or Inuit? In your consultations on habitat protection, are there some that focused specifically on climate change? It could be on the mitigation of climate change or the fight against climate change in relation with changes in the ecosystem. What do you

Environment committee   to climate change, it needs to be thought about and factored into the conservation planning that is happening. There are some examples, I think, where provincial jurisdictions.... I should have mentioned much earlier that habitat conservation really is going to be more in the domain

Environment committee  Mr. McLean, if I understand what you are saying correctly, you have a very reduced, if not non-existent, role in the fight against climate change. The provinces and the territories are fighting climate change or working on what you call resilience. Have I understood correctly?

Environment committee  Thank you, Ms. Rempel. I would draw attention to the scope of the study. We're discussing habitat conservation, not climate change.

Environment committee  Of course, I will therefore ask a question related to habitat conservation and stakeholders. I think it is the first or second point of the study. Do those stakeholders communicate with you about climate change? You talked about the provinces, but you represent Environment

Environment committee  You're absolutely right. Even Parks Canada is not in the “leave it alone” camp. I think establishing national parks of an appropriate size is a key factor. It factors in the climate change aspect. It factors in ranges of species that are required to protect viable populations

Environment committee  This project seems to have become quite popular. But you said that it might not necessarily be renewed. Climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions are hot topics these days. We need to take action, and quickly. In light of that, it doesn't really make sense to cut

Environment committee   climate change or to adapt to climate change. Parks Canada has been part of that. We talked earlier about CIDA and some of the projects it has participated in to try to help some of the poorest countries adapt to climate change. I won't go through all the projects in gory detail

Environment committee  It is fair to say on climate change and clean air that we're moving aggressively on that front. The minister outlined what we're doing in transportation. We have moved forward with the coal-fired electricity; now we're doing oil and gas regulations. So we are devoting

Environment committee  I know. I am watching carefully. Thank you. On climate change and clean air, it looks as though there was a cut of $13.9 million or 7.2%. How does this square with the announcements we've seen about the green agenda that's being presented to the United States? How do you square