Environment committee  The federal government has a number of initiatives currently going on right now. One of them would be the national infrastructure strategy. We presented on that to Infrastructure Canada a couple of months ago. Part of it has to do with the whole idea of green procurement strategi

Environment committee  Thank you very much. We certainly think that the federal government has a significant role. One of the main things the federal government can do is provide a source of research and innovation through its various agencies. CMHC is doing marvellous work right now. An example is

Environment committee  That's very interesting as well. Of course, one of the things that has been prevalent across the industry right now is the LEED certification standards, the LEED-certified silver, bronze, gold, and platinum standards. These have had quite a pervasive effect upon the development i

Environment committee  We'll just give you one final site and wrap it up quickly. You can see that this is a local site on Crown Street in Vancouver. It's an example of microscale green infrastructure and ecological processes all coming together on a small neighbourhood scale. It's a very fascinating

Environment committee  The Canadian Institute of Planners has defined planning as the scientific, aesthetic, and orderly disposition of land, facilities, and services, with a view to securing the physical, economic, and social efficiency and the health and well-being of urban and rural communities. Tha