Environment committee  They did some work, but it was not complete and comprehensive.

Environment committee  Thank you.

Environment committee  Really, you need to ask the Auditor General of Quebec about that. It's very difficult for me to answer that question. What I can say is that they participated. As a partner they were doing all the background work with us to figure out what the common questions were and how we w

Environment committee  There's one thing you might be very interested in. First of all, let me tell you that Canada's commissioner of the environment and sustainable development is the only such commissioner located in the office of an Auditor General—Canada and Quebec. There are other commissioners

Environment committee  Auditors general have an association, the Canadian Council of Legislative Auditors. They meet a couple of times a year, both on financial issues and on value-for-money audits. It was a result of the leadership of the auditors general; they actually asked whether or not we could

Environment committee  Unfortunately, we did not really look at the issue of where it would be best suited. That's a decision the government has to make, and then we audit against their commitment. If the governments suggest that we're going to have cap and trade, then we audit against the cap and trad

Environment committee  We can't look at that. We can't comment on it, unfortunately.

Environment committee  I can say that herding provinces and herding auditors general....

Environment committee  I believe so, yes.

Environment committee  It is my understanding that we are to report on where we are in 2020. In the audit we tabled in the fall, we indicated clearly that the Government of Canada seemed to no longer be talking about 2020 and only talking about the 2030 target, which we indicated was pushing the ball f

Environment committee  In our report, you'll note that there were at least two jurisdictions, maybe three, that had difficulty with the federal emission numbers, and they either used their own numbers or replaced them, or provided additional information to the federal government.

Environment committee  I believe you're correct about everything you said about the U.K. We found that some provinces had enacted in law their targets, and the New Brunswick auditor general made the recommendation that the targets for New Brunswick should be enacted in law. I believe it would be the

Environment committee  What we're providing is information on what governments have done in order to put a price on carbon and there are two different systems.

Environment committee  I think that's a wonderful question. We have not turned our attention to that. It could potentially be something that we could look at in our next audits on this issue. We have not looked at that at this time.

Environment committee  Can I just say something, Mr. Sopuck? Across the country we found that that we were not aware of how many greenhouse gas emissions were associated with all of the actions taken. So your comment applies to what we found across the country.