For the sake of folks who are following, I'm wondering if, perhaps through you, Mr. Chair, either the officials or the government members can give us a better idea of how this environmental damage fund is supposed to work. Will the funds be dedicated for one purpose or another, or will they be disbursed? Will they be general revenue funds?
I may have missed something in the section itself, but give me some insight, Mr. Chair. How will the money be spent? How much do they anticipate collecting?
I think there was a provision in the budget to increase environmental enforcement, which is a good thing in the wake of the experience in different provinces across the country with having seen the fallout effects of cutting, for example, environmental enforcement, water inspections, and so on. Those of us from Ontario certainly recall that.
Maybe the officials or the members from the government could explain to us, Mr. Chair.