Natural Resources committee  I have a couple of comments. On energy efficiency, we certainly would agree that it's important for a variety of reasons to be as energy efficient as we possibly can. It certainly has environmental benefits, and trying to be efficient with the energy we use actually has economic

Natural Resources committee  Sure. I will take the second part first. They are two distinct aspects in the sense that in the second, the land claims, we're providing technical advice on forestry or land surveys, etc. So it is technical advice into a bigger process. But you're right, obviously there is some c

Natural Resources committee  I'm happy to do that. I think the minister alluded to some of this in his comments, but I'll be as concrete as I can be. One caveat up front is something we're starting up. We've just formed the office and it's out moving, so I think over time we'll see many more concrete result

Natural Resources committee  Okay. On that one I might ask Kami to elaborate on it, but I think that you're right. Sometimes it's difficult to find your way through how the supplementary estimates fit in with the broader estimates process and broader budgeting, but in general we do identify a number of areas

Natural Resources committee  Yes, and there are two things. I would say there had been discussions with first nations prior to tabling the bill, so I would just correct the record on that front. I'm not aware of any specific funding that has been earmarked for that activity. If I uncover it I'll let you know

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.

Natural Resources committee  In all of these discussions there's an aspect of explaining how it will work just to make sure that everybody understands. In the context of these discussions, there can be points raised about how it might have an unintended consequence that could be dealt with outside of the leg

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