Natural Resources committee  Yes, the major projects management office, which has been set up and which has additional funding provided here in the supplementary estimates, is really a reflection of the increased activity we have on the west coast with energy projects and the important role that first nation

Natural Resources committee  Okay, thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I should just say in addition to Kami, I do have other officials here with me so that if we get into detailed questions, I'd like to have the ability to call them to the table if they can provide more detailed answers. On the question of sa

Natural Resources committee  Yes, this is a transfer of $400,000 from National Defence to us, which delivers science and technology solutions through the Canadian safety and security program, as you pointed out, support and advice to respond to the Government of Canada's public safety and security policy imp

Natural Resources committee  Without having seen what has been reported to be said—I guess I was a bit too focused on preparing for today's event—what I can say about the NEB is that they look at projects that are put forward, such as the pipelines about which we have talked a little today, and at the implic

Natural Resources committee  Well, without having seen his comments I can tell you what I'm saying.

Natural Resources committee  I am not very familiar with that project. One of my colleagues may be able to comment on that. If not, I will try to find out who is in charge of assessing that project and provide the information to the committee. I am not sure of the process that will be followed in the case of

Natural Resources committee  Yes, that is absolutely no problem.

Natural Resources committee  The process that the NEB follows is this: It seeks funding through supplementary estimates or estimates, and then for the most part—there may be some exceptions to this—it is able to recover that expenditure from the industry. It's like a cost-recovery program, but first you have

Natural Resources committee  There are two parts to that answer. First of all, the evaluations of the Major Project Management Office - West take into account aboriginal engagement and aboriginal land claims. The second part of the answer is more general. The departments are very active and have a lot of

Natural Resources committee  For the isotopes?

Natural Resources committee  I would say that the plan on the isotopes, as the minister indicated, is to seek out alternate supplies. In 2010 there was a decision made that we would try to rely more on other sources besides the NRU. Indeed, the minister referenced some of the activity that we're doing on tha

Natural Resources committee  No, there's more than a hope. If you look at the figures, there has actually been quite a movement in terms of more diversity of supply since that time. If you look at 2010 and before that time, the NRU produced over 40% of the global supply of isotopes. Today it supplies betwee

Natural Resources committee  It is not included in the supplementary estimates (B) that I'm aware of, unless it's buried somewhere. I don't believe so. Again, with some of the other information that you talked about, that financial information, I'm happy to provide that in writing afterward. I just don't ha

Natural Resources committee  You're right that in this area mandatory reporting initiatives are going forward. We have deferred the implementation for first nations for two years and there will be further consultations. I would emphasize that it's further consultations. There already have been discussions a

Natural Resources committee  Yes. Again, not having broken it out for this session, if I can come up with such a figure, when I go back to the office, I'm happy to provide it to you. We're not seeking additional funding for that here. We will be covering that through our ongoing efforts.