Environment committee  Good afternoon. I also wish to thank the committee for inviting us. Since I'm new to this position, I may not be able to answer all your questions today. However, I can assure you that I'm greatly committed to my new role as the commissioner of the environment and sustainable d

Environment committee  Thank you for the question. I'm going to answer that in English because it requires a bit of terminology that I'm not up to speed on in French. The models used at the federal level, at the Ontario level and at the Quebec level for the commissioners are in the same class. They a

Environment committee  You heard from the witnesses in the first hour, who spoke extensively to that issue. There are models in Europe, as well as in Australia and New Zealand, that you could look to. I would probably advise that you carry out an evaluation of the effectiveness of those models, becau

Environment committee  I want to thank the member for the question. I'll, again, revert to English just so I make sure that I cover all of the terminology necessary to answer that interesting question. Yes, I'll speak of both my limited experience at this level, which comprises five weeks, and my p

Environment committee  Having said that, I do reiterate what I said to Mr. Schiefke, which was that one of my reports at the Ontario level does go into best practices in terms of climate change governance.

Environment committee  Certainly it's an important role. Whether you can have that role fit comfortably in an auditor's role is a question that I'm sure some of you will be debating. There are pros and cons to the various different models, but the typical auditor role includes extensive powers to obtai

Environment committee  Yes, that is a critical role in the formulation of wise policy and the subsequent implementation of that policy. It's just a question of where you're going to situate that role. Is it just within government? Is it within an independent officer of the legislature? Is it in a panel

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We're happy to appear before your committee this afternoon to present the results of our report on the emissions reduction fund. I'd like to acknowledge that this hearing is taking place from the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe peop

Natural Resources committee  I'd like to respond to that question by using two examples. One is the concept of additionality, and one is the concept of looking at the entire emissions or the net emissions, as opposed to one aspect of emissions. On additionality, the answer is highlighted in our report, with

Natural Resources committee  I will ask a member of our team, Sylvie Marchand, to talk about the procedures that were taken in this audit.

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  Yes. Thank you.

Natural Resources committee  I wouldn't use “toxic”, but their warming potential is much greater than that of carbon dioxide. Their residency time in the atmosphere is shorter, but for the time that the methane is in the atmosphere, the warming potential is much greater. That it's a more potent greenhouse ga

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  If it were carried out in a way that was in keeping with the additionality principle, then I would say that it was complementary, but in fact, it was partly complementary and partly duplicated.