Environment committee  I'm not really sure. I know that in terms of “A Guide to Green Government” years ago, they were calling in that document for an overarching plan. I think government departments over the intervening 10 to 12 years have from time to time called for that as well, and of course we're

Environment committee  Yes, it is.

Environment committee  Yes, that's right.

Environment committee  I'll ask Mr. Ferguson to address that in just one moment, but may I go back to your first question, Mr. Cullen?

Environment committee  I may have been a bit flippant. I would ask two questions of the deputies sitting here. Why were you not able to meet the commitment you made previously? That's important to know too. And how are you going to assure yourself, initially, and us as a committee that you're going t

Environment committee  There seem not to be.

Environment committee  Greening operations are in there too.

Environment committee  If I may, Mr. Cullen, let me make a comment and then answer the question. In no case, when we did these 14 chapters and where we found that there's been unsatisfactory progress, did we have an argument on that from the departmental officials. They quite agree that commitments ma

Environment committee  The short answer, Mr. Bigras, is I don't know, but I'm sure Transport Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans would know. What you've just added to the table, sir, is another element to a possible hearing with those two departments, looking at aquatic invasives. I ha

Environment committee  I believe it is. There weren't that many of them, but yes, I think they probably are.

Environment committee  It is Transport Canada, I think.

Environment committee  Might I add one other thing, Mr. Scarpaleggia? I don't mean to hog the floor. Paragraphs 7.36 and 7.39 contain new recommendations to the government. The government has responded to those and has set out new commitments and timelines for these issues. That might be a logical pla

Environment committee  Andrew.

Environment committee  Mr. Bigras, thank you for that question. It's important for the committee to understand this. When we look at a commitment or a series of commitments that have been made in a prior year, we look at the actions that have been taken from the point at which the commitment was made

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Scarpaleggia. Let me address them briefly and then talk a little bit about this proposed hearing that I suggested a moment ago. I think whenever you have a need to have the federal government liaise and interact with and deal with the provinces and the m