Natural Resources committee  We heard the same from Robert Transport.

Natural Resources committee  Sure I can. Performance is up against current-generation diesel. Diesel without all those encumbrances is not an option anymore. That's a non-compliant vehicle. With the new heavy-duty vehicle regulations in Canada and the U.S., the first section is the next four years, and we k

Natural Resources committee  I can only speak to the transportation space, obviously, but there, a price on carbon—I would say no. It's marginal in the whole scheme of it, to be honest. You look at a project like Robert with their LNG highway tractors. They get a 70-tonne reduction per tractor, per year. Eve

Natural Resources committee  It's 2020.

Natural Resources committee  It's actually locking down an existing benefit for a clear timeframe. Right now, there's no federal excise tax on natural gas as a transportation fuel. Coincidentally, there's no motor or road fuel tax on natural gas in most provinces. This is sort of a silent benefit, so that ri

Natural Resources committee  In terms of technology advances what we're seeing is that we had the basic curve that started back in the 1980s, and that was the first dedicated natural gas engine. We're now on the fourth generation. That took 25-plus years. That fourth-generation engine matches the power, torq

Natural Resources committee  Okay. Just to clarify, that $3-million program is $3 million federal matched by $3 million industry in funds. So it is 50-50 to look at these barriers. Yes, I would say we have seen leadership on this file, but we think there is so much more potential, and we think increasingly

Natural Resources committee  Yes, I guess from the natural gas for transportation perspective, what this was really all about was we got a lot of bumps and bruises the first time we tried natural gas because we tried to do it across the spectrum. So let's be smart about it as government and industry and figu

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Benoit, and thank you to all the committee members. It's a privilege to appear before you today to discuss the innovation within the natural gas vehicle sector and how there is a broader spectrum of opportunities opening up, both on-road and off-road, for natural

Finance committee  That's a very difficult question. We've certainly taken the approach to look at return, and return to Canada in a much broader context, which is competitiveness. The threat of having a truck with a much lower operating cost is very real, particularly with the shared border, where

Finance committee  —because otherwise we're going to lose some major investments in Canada.

Finance committee  Absolutely, and I think what we're proposing is very much in the vein of Canada's economic action plan. This is very focused on a sector that tends not to get much attention, and where you see that the reinforcement is actually on cost-of-goods delivery. I don't have my colleague

Finance committee  To date, this is one of the challenges we see for alternative fuels. If you look back at 20 years of government spending, for energy use and transportation it's more than 95% crude oil. We may read a lot about electric vehicles, fuel cells, and other options, but at the end of th

Finance committee  Could I just clarify your question?

Finance committee  In terms of the intersection with the municipal infrastructure needs...? Is that—