Environment committee  I don't have any comments on that question.

Environment committee  As was stated earlier, and the minister indicated this in Bali, Canada needs to strengthen its domestic plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and a number of experts have stated that it will be very difficult for Canada to achieve its targets with the current policy framework

Environment committee  I'm sorry, are you asking...? I missed the question.

Environment committee  I heard you provide a bit of the background. Are you asking me about my perspective on what is required from a domestic action plan? It's hard for me to hear.

Environment committee  Mr. Chairman, I'm unilingual, so could you maybe have that question translated for me?

Environment committee  My children are nine and six.

Environment committee  They're very young. We read to them, and we involve them in local ravine cleanups. My business is about making change and having a positive difference. I would be happy to meet with Mr. Lussier and explain the work we have done over my career. I think the work we have done and c

Environment committee  The minister had a very busy schedule. I concur with all of Pierre Marc's comments. The one incident that I think got reported by news media here in Canada was an event Pierre Marc referred to. Canada was actually one of only 30 countries that were part of the Friends of the Ch

Environment committee  To my understanding, Canada's objectives were for a mandate for negotiating by the end of 2009 a new global agreement to combat climate change after 2012. I think the minister, in various meetings with UN officials, indicated Canada's support of the United Nations process and a w

Environment committee  No, I did not.

Environment committee  No, that was a little before my time. I'm still relatively young--in my early forties. I wasn't involved in either of those two negotiations. As I mentioned to Mr. McGuinty earlier, my expertise on the public policy side has been more related to activities within the province o

Environment committee  Well, I think many of our negotiators who work with the international climate change bureau at Environment Canada have been involved with the negotiations since the beginning and have both the historical knowledge and expertise to provide counsel to the government with regard to

Environment committee  Correct.

Environment committee  Yes, I have read the document, although it was some time ago, so I'm not familiar with all of the provisions in the document, and it's not in front of me at the moment.

Environment committee  Mr. McGuinty, I'm not a member of the government, so I can't defend its position on this. I think at the plenary session Minister Baird did acknowledge that Canada needed to do more. And, as you point out, I think our plan to date may be insufficient for what the science is now