Finance committee  Not really. Basically, the foundation is accountable to the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, which has come out strongly in favour of compliance with the Kyoto Protocol. The Society has clearly made its position known. More research is needed into climate chan

Finance committee  We'd like to go further than that and impress upon both the government and the public the importance of adapting to the situation. To some extent, climate change will happen regardless of the efforts we make to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We can mitigate the effects of clima

Finance committee  Well, I think global changes will affect all of us in very serious ways. In terms of revenues, it's clear the government is getting a lot of money from the oil industry, essentially, and some of that money could be reinvested or invested in research dealing with the effects of fo

Finance committee  I'm Jacques Derome, member of the board of the foundation. With me is Dawn Conway, executive director of the Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences. Weather, air quality, climate, and marine conditions have major impacts on Canada's economy, its sovereignty and security