Environment committee  That's fine. I was just curious whether the request came from the committee or from the CBC.

Environment committee  Thank you.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member well knows, I have met numerous times, on the environment committee and the legislative committee, with representatives from the Bloc. He knows well that this government is committed to cleaning up the environment and reducing greenhouse gas emis

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am not sure where the member has been for the last year. This government has taken action on the environment. We have accomplished more in the last year than the former Liberal government would have dreamed was even possible. Only weeks ago in British Columbia we

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her comments and her hard work in representing Quebec well. I would like to begin by emphasizing clearly that the government is committed to taking immediate and concrete action to address the issue of climate change and cleaning up the envi

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Minister, we've been told by Liberal members on this committee that CEPA is the framework, but the very question that is left in my mind is if it was the framework, then why wasn't it used? The chart you have on the wall for us indicates the trend we're on. How is government go

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  How are we going to get tough on the big polluters, Mr. Minister?

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  So the voluntary approach did not work?

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Minister, the Clean Air Act will mandate regular reporting to Parliament on the environment. If this had been the law of the land under the Liberals when they were in power, do you think we would have been ranked near the bottom, as we are now?

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The reporting wasn't done. I believe the Kyoto report that was required was not submitted—

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  So January of 2006--and January 23, 2006, was the election, so that would have been a bad news report.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you, Minister, for being here today, and thank you for the action you are taking.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the minister for being here today. I mused that when you were appointed minister the warm temperatures in Ottawa here suddenly returned to normal cold ones. I don't know if that's indicative of the influence and the action you've already taken,

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I really appreciated your announcement coast to coast of $30 million for the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia. Coming from British Columbia, I was very excited to hear that announcement, and the announcement of $2 million to help with repairs to Stanley Park. But from c

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Mr. Chair, the purpose of this committee on Bill C-30 and the agreement of all members here was to work together to create a strengthened piece of legislation. I didn't want to interrupt Mr. McGuinty's questioning, but I would encourage that the questions be relevant, that they b