Environment committee  Sure. We'd be pleased to provide emissions data for Canada as well. We do have that information available. It is published annually, as has been noted. As well, greening-of-government operations is another of those areas that we're going to be looking at through the specific mit

Environment committee  In my assessment they're doable, and I say this with six years of experience in putting marine protected areas in place. It is doable.

Environment committee  I'll be really brief. Buildings is indeed one of the sectors that will be explicitly looked at in the federal-provincial work that's ongoing from the Vancouver declaration on climate change. There will be work reporting back to first ministers on that in October, and ministers be

Environment committee  There are a couple of points. Several departments are involved with this as well. Environment and Climate Change Canada has one aspect of it through the Parks Canada Agency. Fisheries and Oceans is going to be a key player in all of this. The legislative framework currently exist

Environment committee  Thanks. I think it would be a mistake to conflate strategic environmental assessments with the sustainable development strategy. The strategic environmental assessments predate both the individual and the collective sustainable development strategies. They are certainly one too

Environment committee  There are aspects of it that have performed poorly and aspects of it that have performed well, and I think you'll find that by going over the reports. Where they have been done, there are a lot of helpful suggestions that come from the commissioner through the auditing process, w

Environment committee  Thank you very much. I guess I would comment on two parts. First, with regard to your reference back to target 4.3 and how it's reflected in the strategy, there is an action plan, the St. Lawrence action plan, that's been in place for a considerable period of time. It's actually

Environment committee  We could do some work on that if the committee wished, and I'm sure Mr. Godfrey would be more than able to provide some commentary on that today.

Environment committee  Of course.

Environment committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today as you embark on your study of the Federal Sustainable Development Act. I'm the assistant deputy minister of strategic policy at Environment and Climate Change Canada. I have with me Paula Brand, who is

Environment committee  To start with the building sector, yes, in general it's a sector that's of great interest, and it's an area where potentially there are additional emissions reductions that will help to bend that curve. In terms of standards, a lot of the standards on the building side are done

Environment committee  Thanks for the question. One point I should highlight before answering that directly is that this graph, as I mentioned originally, is of measures in place as of September of last year.

Environment committee  Even right now, a number of significant developments have taken place that are not reflected in those lines. For example, the Alberta climate change plan that came out is something new.

Environment committee  Absolutely. Ontario is another example. Ontario wrote their cap and trade program, which they're just finalizing the details on. We expect that it will have a significant effect on decreasing emissions. This is not a crystal ball. It is actually just an economic modelling pro

Environment committee  —what you put in place to deal with the problem. The collaboration is getting stronger.