Environment committee  I would be glad to. Thank you for your question, I will be quick. One of the most significant effects of climate change on health in urban communities is the exposure to extreme heat. Climate change will bring about heat waves that are more frequent, longer-lasting and hotter. S

Environment committee  There are three. I will go through them quickly. The first is to set an objective and to report on the progress made by 2025. This is because 2030 is much too late to decide on an action plan. We have to see the progress that has been made much earlier, and 2025 is a good target

Environment committee  Thank you for your questions, Ms. Pauzé. Let me answer the second one, which we have already dealt with a little. We need to understand that the environmental disturbances are many. They include the degradation of natural habitats, climate change, intensive land use and deforest

Environment committee  Yes, I will let her—

Environment committee  That is an excellent question. Climate change is altering many of the risk factors for certain diseases. Let me give you a very concrete example. Heat waves cause an increase in visits to emergency rooms and an increase in the pressure on the healthcare system. They are associa

Environment committee  I would like to add one thing. I briefly mentioned that Quebec and the south of Canada will have heat waves. In line with that, some estimates can be made. A few years ago, the Institut national de santé publique du Québec estimated that, in the next 50 years, extreme heat was

Environment committee  Thank you very much. Thank you for having us today. My name is Claudel Pétrin-Desrosiers. I am the president of the Association québécoise des médecins pour l'environnement, and I am also a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Envir