Environment committee  I'll comment, and then I'll turn to my colleague Daniel. All provinces and territories are engaged in the conversation Daniel and I co-chaired with our colleague from Alberta, with deputy ministers, just last week. The Government of Quebec invested in the recent budget in conse

Environment committee  Canada reports transparently each year, every second year to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and in the alternate years in our public reporting in Canada on our emission forecast and the results of the the inventory on actual observations. In the most re

Environment committee  The response I was giving is that the government has articulated a plan to achieve the target. That includes both measures modelled in the report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change but also other measures that have not been modelled including public tran

Environment committee  What I'm conveying is that in the model portion, it brings us to 583 megatonnes and we believe through these areas that have not been modelled—

Environment committee  No, I believe what it represents in areas, for example, in land use and land use change, the international rules for that are still being developed. Canada has a very robust system of tracking stored carbon in forests and in agricultural lands, which we believe, until those inter

Environment committee  As I said, there's a difference between—

Environment committee  Madam Chair, what I would like to do is just....

Environment committee  I was trying to explain my answer. The target in 2030 is 517 megatonnes. We believe that we're on a path to achieve that target through the measures in the pan-Canadian framework, which include those modelled and reported in the UNFCCC and in that same report, and in other public

Environment committee  The commissioner on environment and sustainable development's report was focused on previous plans that looked at targets in 2020. She did not audit the 2030 target. We look forward to that assessment.

Environment committee  The pan-Canadian framework did indicate that internationally traded mitigation opportunities, which is the way they're described in the Paris Agreement, can represent a contribution to that. At present that article in the Paris Agreement, article 6, in terms of the rules governin

Environment committee  What I described was that the pan-Canadian framework plan looks at a variety of measures touching all sectors of the economy across all regions. The modelling of that shows a reduction in 2030 of 232 megatonnes relative to the current baseline. In addition, there are a number of

Environment committee  In 2016, the government and my staff worked hard to develop, in collaboration with the provinces, territories, indigenous peoples, businesses, civil society, young Canadians and all other Canadians, a plan to achieve our 2030 Paris Accord target, promote economic growth and incre

Environment committee  The government has assessed the direct greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, as well as those from upstream oil production. These emissions are reflected in the National Energy Board's forecasts and in the modelling of our t

Environment committee  Thank you. The budget represents a really significant investment in protecting nature, both through protected areas and species at risk. As Daniel noted, it recognizes the benefit for those species of protected areas, particularly in areas of high biodiversity value where connec

Environment committee  Yes. This funding will allow our employees to advance some of the measures contained in the pan-Canadian framework, as you mentioned. This includes the use of funds to support adaptation to the impacts of climate change, to develop regulatory frameworks in the electricity sector