Environment committee  There were about a hundred people in attendance, most of whom were Canadians. Many represented NGOs, and many more were members of the Canadian Youth Delegation, I believe.

Environment committee  I was asked to chair this event, to be the moderator, to introduce the three panellists and to moderate the discussion.

Environment committee  In fact, they were three industry representatives, experts in the field of carbon sequestration. They spoke about the importance of this type of technology.

Environment committee  One of them represented the oil industry and the two others were experts in carbon sequestration technology.

Environment committee  There was none. It was on that same evening. Mr. Baird was to have closed the event and I was told he could not attend.

Environment committee  I will simply say this: it did not work out.

Environment committee  I'm sorry. I'll finish on that, if I may. NGOs that do have access can exercise much more leadership in the NGO community in these conferences, and they're respected for that.

Environment committee  One day, when I was at one of those conferences, I had the opportunity to meet Fidel Castro. In the course of a conversation which lasted only a few minutes, Mr. Castro asked me why I thought Latin America had not managed to unite despite speaking the same language, except for Br

Environment committee  Yes. Today, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, and even some of the larger municipalities, definitely want to do something to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That is the right way to put it. True, that has not happened yet in Canada. Why not? Mr. Lussier, I think you are in a

Environment committee  I did attend Mr. Dion's presentation in one of the side events, which was called “From Montreal to Copenhage”, at which there were about 75 people coming from various areas. He did make a very substantive contribution to the debate within that context. I didn't follow Mr. Dion wh

Environment committee  No. I think it's an interpretation. Vocabulary has a lot of baggage in the UN. Of course, the Canadian position--and Canada didn't make any secret of the fact--was that going along with Kyoto and leaving only those who are in Kyoto, which represent 30% of emissions in the world,

Environment committee  —maybe it's better to wait for tomorrow because of what they said.

Environment committee  Well, for the simple reason that foreign policy issues that relate to sustainable development are extraordinarily various and numerous, and the concept of addressing the issue of energy in Canada is one that is politically extraordinarily charged. The round table is a neutral bo

Environment committee  I understand exactly your question, and I'm not surprised by it. The first thing is that I think the minister recognized that he had not participated in many international conferences before, and it was useful for him to have around him not only officials.... And that's what the

Environment committee  In practice, this allows advice on the process a lot, on timing, on energy well spent, on maybe it's not time to speak to the French—