Environment committee  We looked at, again, the rationale behind the numbers and whether they were able to demonstrate to us that these numbers are solid, and we said there was an adequate rationale, in terms of what they're planning to do. Now, obviously, this is not implemented yet. There are regula

Environment committee  They've changed the numbers.

Environment committee  There are multiple objectives that the government is pursuing with biofuels.

Environment committee  We looked at this in 2006. Actually, we looked at a number of programs in Natural Resources Canada, which has the departmental lead on these files. We said good things about it in 2006 and we have said good things about it again now, concerning wind energy and the types of energy

Environment committee  I think it's 60 days they have to comment on the likelihood of the government achieving its targets in the plans, while we do audits and so have more than 60 days to do our work. We dig into the files, go into departments, interview people, analyze the information, and then submi

Environment committee  In order to do an evaluation, the thing being evaluated needs to have been in place for a certain period of time. We cannot evaluate something new. We have to allow time for implementation, and that takes several years. Therefore, we have to wait a certain number of years because

Environment committee  Yes, absolutely. I have nothing else to add. The government is working on an approach.

Environment committee  If we consider the various measures, there are different tools, but there are no comprehensive tools.

Environment committee  When we looked at the situation back in 2005 and we reported in 2006--there was a change in government at that time--we saw that the government was putting in place a plan to do just what you said. They were not doing it at the time; they were planning on doing it, but the govern

Environment committee  During that period the government came up with a series of plans, some of them were related to energy efficiency, which continued under the new government. In terms of industrial emissions, they were coming up with an approach similar to what the government is now proposing, but

Environment committee  I believe you are talking about a government evaluation program. It is indeed in place. Every five or seven years, requests are made, and the government has to re-evaluate its programs. The government has not been in power long enough to have evaluated all of its programs, but it

Environment committee  The government itself, in its plans under the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act, has said that it's not going to meet Kyoto. That's not news to anyone. I think it's been made public. The government instead is coming up with another plan, called “Turning the Corner”, which is refl

Environment committee  We made a recommendation, and the department agreed with the recommendation and is working on it, but we don't know what they've done recently. However, they agreed with us that there was a gap and that they were going to work toward filling that gap over time.

Environment committee  In response to the question, when we visited some of these sites, we also asked for specific data to show us what they were doing. What they were doing aligned very well with the guidance issued by Health Canada in late 2005, after our audit. Their procedures also corresponded ve

Environment committee  As we mentioned in the chapter, there is a science committee that looks at all the information that is available, including inspection results from the CFIA, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. They've done risk assessments, and the conclusions are that it's low risk. Obviously