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Environment committee Thank you very much. Mr. Chair, I am pleased to be here today to discuss our spring 2019 reports, which were tabled in the House of Commons in April. I am accompanied by Kimberley Leach, Sharon Clark and Heather Miller. All three are principals, and they were responsible for our
June 10th, 2019Committee meeting
Julie Gelfand
Government Operations committee In terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we found that most governments, except Saskatchewan and the NWT, did have plans to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. That's a good thing. However, only the federal government and, at the time, Ontario, New Brunswick and NWT, h
November 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Julie Gelfand
Government Operations committee We developed a set of questions around whether or not that particular government was going to achieve their greenhouse gas reduction targets. Did they have a target, were they going to achieve it, or have they achieved it? Then there were a series of questions on adaptation. Had
November 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Julie Gelfand
Government Operations committee On anything. Yes.
November 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Julie Gelfand
Government Operations committee We're tired of corralling.
November 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Julie Gelfand
Government Operations committee Actually, they talk mostly about financial stuff, so to get them to think about climate change—there are serious impacts because these auditors general who do the public accounts are now thinking about climate change in terms of whether we're going to reach our targets. But proba
November 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Julie Gelfand
Government Operations committee That's correct.
November 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Julie Gelfand
Government Operations committee The simple answer was no. We did not look at that. Certain auditors general went beyond the minimal questions, but I don't believe—and Kim can answer—anyone looked at the greening of government.
November 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Julie Gelfand
Government Operations committee No. We audited it in 2013, I believe, and in 2008.
November 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Julie Gelfand
Government Operations committee Now that we have a new strategy, yes. Maybe.
November 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Julie Gelfand
Government Operations committee That's an excellent question.
November 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Julie Gelfand
Government Operations committee Okay. My job is not to give you advice. Rather, it is to audit the federal government's operations. What makes this initiative so historic, however, is the fact that all the auditors general across the country worked together on the same audit.
November 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Julie Gelfand
Government Operations committee All the auditors general and I produced this report together.
November 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Julie Gelfand
Government Operations committee Mr. Chair, thank you for this opportunity to appear today before your committee. Joining me at the table is our principal, Kimberley Leach. I, as commissioner of the environment and sustainable development, or essentially the environment auditor general, have a specific mandate
November 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Julie Gelfand
Fisheries committee What we indicated in the Species at Risk Act was that they had 14 species. There were only four out of the 14 species that had their recovery strategies done on time. That means 10 out of 14 endangered or threatened species recovery strategies were not done on time. Most recovery
November 1st, 2018Committee meeting
Julie Gelfand