Environment committee  Sure. Thanks for the question. I think what you're referring to is the clean energy dialogue. The clean energy dialogue represents about $1.8 million of a two-year allocation of $5.4 million for renewed international climate change strategies. In each year, Environment Canada w

Environment committee  It's very dispersed. I'll do some investigation to find this out, but I don't believe there's any single organization you can point to and say that they are the bulk of legal action. I'll confirm that, but I'm almost certain that is the case.

Environment committee  Thank you for the question. I guess what I would say is that based on the briefings I received yesterday, we are on track to deliver the design of the new water quality monitoring system at the end of this month. We'll have to work out the exact timing, given that budget day see

Environment committee  As I was about to say, we are moving on to the other dimensions of environmental performance, such as biodiversity and air quality. Those things will be not just monitoring, but implementing the science to improve cumulative effects and to have a better understanding of threshold

Environment committee  The German and U.S. programs—and I'm very familiar with those, because my previous job was with Industry Canada—were really about economic stimulus. Our program was not about economic stimulus; it was about pollution reduction. The programs in the U.S. and Germany have come to an

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, I would like to thank my colleague for his question. I certainly agree very strongly with Mr. Bigras on the importance of research. We talked about how much research there is going on in the department, and in fact Environment Canada scientists are world leaders in c

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, my answer will be almost exactly the same as the one I just gave. I'm going to have to wait for the budget before I can talk about financial aspects. I can say that my colleagues in Environment Canada have been working very hard with their Government of Quebec colleag

Environment committee  In absolute terms?

Environment committee  No, I don't think that's right.

Environment committee  I'll have to check that.

Environment committee  I'm not familiar with that document. I'll certainly look into it. Are you saying compared to our Kyoto commitments?

Environment committee  We do.

Environment committee  I'll certainly look into it. I would not be surprised if a document is showing that we have not made significant progress against the commitments of Kyoto—

Environment committee  Yes, absolutely. If you look at the chart that the minister released with his speech, you'll see a downturn. In fact, our current estimates are that GHG emissions are actually below the 2005 level. As you said, the recession had a significant role to play there. When we're talk

Environment committee  I'll just say this. Because the program is just coming to the end this period—and of course we'll have to wait for the budget to find out what the government is going to plan for the future—we may not have an evaluation of it yet. If we don't, then either the Auditor General or t