Environment committee  As I told you, in our audit, we found that 14 departments had not conducted a full assessment of the risks associated with their mandates, and Environment and Climate Change Canada was one of them.

Environment committee  Environment and Climate Change Canada developed the framework explaining how the departments should conduct their risk assessments. The department held meetings with the other departments, but it did not complete its own risk assessment.

Environment committee  It was also due to her team.

Environment committee  Unfortunately, I really can't comment on that. We did not audit that issue.

Environment committee  Nova Scotia actually has a good adaptation strategy. There were a couple of others—Newfoundland as well.

Environment committee  The problem was that Nova Scotia's was done in 2005 and hasn't been updated, but yes. We found that some of the provinces had adaptation strategies and had actually implemented many of the actions in those adaptation strategies. I started my opening remarks by saying that Canad

Environment committee  We have to report internationally, and that is how we're reporting. That's how the federal government is reporting, through our international commitments.

Environment committee  That I can't answer. You'd have to ask the department.

Environment committee  What I can tell you, is that Quebec was a partner, but that the province did not do a new climate change assessment.

Environment committee  The Office of the Auditor General of Quebec had just done one, and did not see fit to do another.

Environment committee  They could not give us data that was too outdated. It was their decision. All auditors general are independent officers of their parliaments, and the decision to participate lies with them.

Environment committee  As I said, we found that 5 departments out of 19 had done full climate change risk assessments. That is the issue here. There were 14 departments that did not complete one. They started the work, but they did not complete it.

Environment committee  I did not say that they had not started. What I am saying is that they have not completed a full risk assessment. When I tabled the audit, we found that five departments had done good work.

Environment committee  The departments were Transport Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, and Health Canada. Five departments did very good work. Some departments only examined part of their mandates. The Department of National Defence looked at risks associated wi

Environment committee  It does not mean that those 14 departments did nothing.