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Environment committee What I would indicate is that there is no target for 2050. There's no target set for Canada. The government has worked with provinces and territories, indigenous people, business, civil society, and all Canadians to develop a plan that has a variety of measures that are transpare
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Stephen Lucas
Environment committee As I had indicated, Canada has not set a target for 2050. The government, with provinces and territories, in Vancouver in March 2016, affirmed a target and worked together through a very open and consultative process to develop a plan for how to attain that with those assumptions
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Stephen Lucas
Environment committee As Ron indicated, in terms of specific witness testimony, we'd be happy to provide that.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Stephen Lucas
Environment committee As you mentioned, we have a long-term commitment to removing contaminated soil. As for the 2018-19 fiscal year, this includes increased funding for cleaning up the Pacific Environmental Centre site in Vancouver.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Stephen Lucas
Environment committee The government has decided to invest in our department and other departments, including Infrastructure Canada, to help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We can talk, for example, about green infrastructure or about public transit programs, about the unprecedented investment of
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Stephen Lucas
Environment committee That work has proceeded significantly. A number of announcements were made last December and some subsequent to that. In terms of the partnership agreements and projects with provinces and territories, we now have those projects concluded plus signed bilateral agreements with Ont
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Stephen Lucas
Environment committee My understanding is that the agreement has been concluded in principle, and we're just waiting for signature of it.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Stephen Lucas
Environment committee In addition to the projects being proposed by the provinces and undergoing rigorous review, including expert review of emission reduction calculations, we have the strong accountability through the transfer payments through the provinces to ensure that the funds are utilized as i
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Stephen Lucas
Environment committee Yes. This funding will allow our employees to advance some of the measures contained in the pan-Canadian framework, as you mentioned. This includes the use of funds to support adaptation to the impacts of climate change, to develop regulatory frameworks in the electricity sector
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Stephen Lucas
Environment committee In fact, we work closely with the provinces and territories, while respecting their jurisdictions. For example, with respect to reducing and eliminating carbon emissions in electricity generation, we have an equivalency agreement with Nova Scotia. We are also working with other p
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Stephen Lucas
Environment committee Thank you. The budget represents a really significant investment in protecting nature, both through protected areas and species at risk. As Daniel noted, it recognizes the benefit for those species of protected areas, particularly in areas of high biodiversity value where connec
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Stephen Lucas
Environment committee In 2016, the government and my staff worked hard to develop, in collaboration with the provinces, territories, indigenous peoples, businesses, civil society, young Canadians and all other Canadians, a plan to achieve our 2030 Paris Accord target, promote economic growth and incre
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Stephen Lucas
Environment committee The government has assessed the direct greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, as well as those from upstream oil production. These emissions are reflected in the National Energy Board's forecasts and in the modelling of our t
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Stephen Lucas
Environment committee The pan-Canadian framework did indicate that internationally traded mitigation opportunities, which is the way they're described in the Paris Agreement, can represent a contribution to that. At present that article in the Paris Agreement, article 6, in terms of the rules governin
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Stephen Lucas
Environment committee What I described was that the pan-Canadian framework plan looks at a variety of measures touching all sectors of the economy across all regions. The modelling of that shows a reduction in 2030 of 232 megatonnes relative to the current baseline. In addition, there are a number of
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Stephen Lucas