Environment committee  Sure. I would say that, as you say, legislation can't do everything, but it plays a crucial role in framing a problem. When we bring the justice element and the co-benefits strongly into the narrative, we have a better chance of solving those problems. One way to help do that wou

Environment committee  That's right. Neither is the United States, basing its targets on a 2005 base.

Environment committee  I think a near-term target is crucial. The baseline shuffling is one way of obscuring the level of ambition that we are claiming we're reaching for. It's easy to lose that nuance, but by choosing that more recent baseline, we're masking all those years that our emissions were goi

Environment committee  That also is a big question. It was interesting to watch the discussion unfold earlier about the phrase we all toss around, that what we can measure, we care about. I think that's an unfortunately reductionist view of the world. There are lots of things that are really important

Environment committee  Indicators that help us understand the health of our ecosystems and give that voice to non-human nature are crucial. I think it's important to understand equity and inclusivity as some of the dimensions of a transition that we think we are all driving towards. Public health is a

Environment committee  It sure is.

Environment committee  It is, yes. Thank you. I would say that we need to be much more creative and, as you said, honest in conveying the depth of change that's required to meet targets of this ambition level. As we all have reflected already many times, we've failed to meet targets in the past, so d

Environment committee  Thank you. That's a tough question. I really appreciated the conversation that came prior to this, about burden sharing between the federal government and the provinces. I would also add to that, of course, municipalities. There's a crucial role for cities to play here in taking

Environment committee  Thank you so much for this question. I get the sense that over the course of our conversations in this country around what to do about climate change, for the last decade or two, we tend to focus on what government can do. When we talk about the private sector, it's large corpo

Environment committee  Hello, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. Thank you very much for the invitation to speak today at this critical turning point in the history of Canada's response to climate change. My name is Dr. Sarah Burch. I'm an associate professor and Canada research chair in susta