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Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes, the benefits are much higher than the cost, and—

February 15th, 2007Committee meeting

Dr. Louis Drouin

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I spoke to the person in charge of the California Air Resources Board at the international conference had took place in Vancouver. I do not have all of the cost-benefit studies that they did, but according to what he told me, a dollar spent on clean technology, be it at the indus

February 15th, 2007Committee meeting

Dr. Louis Drouin

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The meaning of your question is not clear to me. According to proposed section 103.09, greenhouse gases are included among the items that can be regulated.

February 15th, 2007Committee meeting

Dr. Louis Drouin

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I am not an economist, nor an engineer, but I am lucky enough to have a twin brother who is an engineer and who does a great deal of work in the field of environmental technology. I know that we can currently do a lot using existing technology to reduce our greenhouse gas emissio

February 15th, 2007Committee meeting

Dr. Louis Drouin

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The ultimate objective is to get people to leave their cars behind and use public transit in order to reduce the number of vehicles and the number of kilometres driven in a densely populated urban area. I will as an aside, say this: For three months, in Atlanta, during the 1996

February 15th, 2007Committee meeting

Dr. Louis Drouin

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes, we are on the right track on these two aspects. You have to realize that in Montreal and Toronto the major source of smog comes from transport. We're on the right track, and we have to push much further for clean energy on cars and also on public transit.

February 15th, 2007Committee meeting

Dr. Louis Drouin

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Absolutely. What we studied were the best international approaches and I will repeat the two examples: California, and the European Economic Community. We heard from experts who presented all of that in Vancouver, as part of NERAM, the Network for Environmental Risk Assessment an

February 15th, 2007Committee meeting

Dr. Louis Drouin

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes, Quebec has regulations, which are currently under review.

February 15th, 2007Committee meeting

Dr. Louis Drouin

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  In the late 1970s, or the early 1980s. We also have regulations for the community of Montreal, the Communauté urbaine de Montréal.

February 15th, 2007Committee meeting

Dr. Louis Drouin

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We have had a lot of debate on that in Montreal. The major issue is how to finance public transit. If you look at Europe, or even in the States, the major funds come from upper government. In Europe, at least 85% of the cost for subways, trains, comes from the states' upper leve

February 15th, 2007Committee meeting

Dr. Louis Drouin

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  So we have to do that at the same time.

February 15th, 2007Committee meeting

Dr. Louis Drouin

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I am not aware of the specifics of the EPA standards, but I do know that they are stricter than what currently exists in Canada. I would recommend the California Air Resources Board standards for motor vehicles. I think Canada should follow that model. The standards control nitro

February 15th, 2007Committee meeting

Dr. Louis Drouin

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We left at the back of the room the WHO Guidelines, which deal with standards. There is also the annual report of the Public Health Authority, entitled Public Transit, a Question of Health. It is written in French and English. We also provided you a copy of a study that we carrie

February 15th, 2007Committee meeting

Dr. Louis Drouin

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you for inviting us to present the position of the Montreal Public Health Authority. As physicians specializing in public health, we are very much involved in these issues in our region. The population of Montreal, as you probably know, is 1.8 million. Working in the area

February 15th, 2007Committee meeting

Dr. Louis Drouin