Environment committee  We don't anticipate any cuts, going forward. The department was impacted in the budget of this year, as were all departments. Again, we took a very high degree of care to make sure we maintained all the monitoring and the scientific capacity that is needed, and we continue to lo

Environment committee  We don't anticipate any more—

Environment committee  Yes, I have. The World Meteorological Organization actually—my colleague David Grimes is the current president—sets international standards, and it has for years. We've made sure that we meet those standards. All the scientists who work in Charles' shop, or the large majority,

Environment committee  As I said, our scientists are looking at what the future configuration will be. That's one of the reasons why we thought we would include graphics: to show that the kind of ozone we're talking about is not a local issue, it is a regional and global issue.

Environment committee  These kinds of maps can still be developed, and are still being developed—this is 2012—based on our current monitoring.

Environment committee  Will any of the...?

Environment committee  We may shut down some. We will let everybody know what decision will be made. What we're looking at is what contributes best to overall ozone monitoring in the most efficient, effective manner.

Environment committee  No, as I said in my comments, our scientists who know ozone are studying this.

Environment committee  We'd be happy to provide the answers, absolutely.

Environment committee  I have not received any criticism. People from the Wegener institute, from the World Meteorological Organization, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the States, who have phoned and asked what the situation is and who have had answers to their questions, h

Environment committee  Anybody who writes in would get an answer. I don't know whether any of those individuals have actually tried to verify with Environment Canada, with me, with Dr. Lin, what the situation is. We have talked to our stakeholders, so folks who are involved in the World Meteorological

Environment committee  I'm not actually familiar with the acronym that you mentioned.

Environment committee  There were some folks who received initial letters and they were rescinded, so not everybody who got a letter ended up being impacted. That was something that the department was at great efforts to make clear to people at the outset: that not everybody who got a letter would be i

Environment committee  I know that the individual who was responsible for data had a choice as to whether or not he would move with the centre or stay with the science and technology branch. It was his choice to stay with the science and technology branch, not to move with the data centre. I'm also aw

Environment committee  That's not correct. As Dr. Lin has said, we continue to have scientists who have ozone as their priority occupation. I would not focus on whether there is an organizational unit, because, again, our focus has been on integrating and having a more efficient production of the inf