Environment committee  We undertook an analytical process in order to define and to support decision-making by the government on the post-2020 target. As part of that process, I engaged with my counterparts in the provinces and territories to understand better the measures, the specific measures, that

Environment committee  In the CCME process there's a deputies' committee that meets annually to prepare the final agenda. We met about two weeks ago in Toronto, and of course we ask ourselves that question. A minister's time is limited and the priority for this meeting will be on climate change—the wor

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. As the minister mentioned in remarks, we have a whole series of initiatives under way related to improving the health of the Great Lakes, including some important intergovernmental agreements in terms of the Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement a

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As you may have seen, the initial round of funding for the various NCP funding programs has been approved, and contribution agreements are in place or are currently being negotiated. Most recently we announced 47 new projects, totalling $5 million, under

Environment committee  Thank you for the question. The international negotiating process is an ongoing one. As you may recall at Lima, under the Lima plan for action, we laid out the negotiating process that will lead to Paris, which includes a series of negotiating sessions, the first of which post-L

Environment committee  Certainly. I'd be happy to do that.

Environment committee  Mr. Chairman, actually I can't do the math off the top of my head, but I'd be happy to provide the numbers to the committee.

Environment committee  I can't do the math off the top of my head. You got me.

Environment committee  Again, I don't have the number in front of me, but that could be in the ballpark.

Environment committee  I think, as you may know from some of the analysis we've published, one of the challenges in this area is that it's not simply a question of doing a calculation based on where we were in 2005 and then doing the 30% below, which takes you to the target number. In fact, as we know

Environment committee  Well, if you give me a second, I could probably do the calculation.

Environment committee  Why don't I come back to you with that, Mr. McKay?

Environment committee  It's about 240 million tonnes, I would think.

Environment committee  There is a basis for the number. A good foundation to understand the analytical base is the annual emissions trends report, which describes the measures in place through the provincial and federal governments. It looks at the drivers of emissions in the Canadian economy, and then

Environment committee  Mr. Chairman, one of the principal and the largest investments, of about $250 million, supported the development by SaskPower of the Boundary Dam, which is the world's first commercial carbon capture and storage facility in a coal-fired plant. That is currently operational today.