Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I believe everyone will be pleased and satisfied, because this amendment broadens the scope of the regulations, thereby giving more powers to the minister and to the government. I guess that is good news. In essence, we want the government to be able to regulate the submission by fuel producers, importers and retailers of information on the environmental impact of their biofuels. Since there is nothing about this in the bill as it now stands, we are adding some clauses that would allow the government to request the submission of information regarding the environmental and energy balance sheet, the life-cycle analysis, and the social and environmental impact of fuels to be subject to regulations. These provisions are aimed quite simply at allowing the government to demand that companies proposing an alternative fuels project submit information on the environmental impact of their project if it were carried out.