Environment committee  If I were in charge of an industry or a plant or a company that in spite of Canada's poor overall performance had made good reductions in CO2 emissions between 1990 and 2006, I would want to know how that was going to be treated. Am I going to get credit for that, or am I going t

Environment committee  Well, we have been hearing figures thrown out about targets based on different baselines. The 2006 baseline is, what, 32% above the 1990 baseline? So it's a pretty good place to start from if you want to make yourself look good, but it doesn't help the atmosphere all that much.

Environment committee  Very briefly, there are costs to both action and inaction, and I don't think it's very easy to estimate them. I would just look around the world and, as someone has already mentioned, look at those countries that have done the best job of de-carbonizing their economy, making it

Environment committee  It's not my area of expertise either, but there's one area that I can think of in which Canada has demonstrated some leadership, and that is in the sequestration of carbon underground in Saskatchewan to aid in oil extraction. I am aware that there are experiments in other areas a

Environment committee  No, not at all. Obviously, the two departments are communicating with each other, but not all the time and not often enough, in my experience.

Environment committee  No, not me, but Mr. Weaver.

Environment committee  It seems to me that's a bit like saying I've had my cake and you're not going to get yours. I alluded to looking at this from the point of view of contributions to the problem per capita. If you do it that way, it's clear that the developed countries are the villains, and the u

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I'd like to bid you all good afternoon and thank you for requesting this appearance by the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, which I am representing today. CMOS is the national society of individuals and organizations dedicate