First of all, you talked about Canada's greenhouse gas emissions as being 2%. I want to make this very clear. We're taking this very seriously in our government. We absolutely are committed to reducing our greenhouse gases and pollutants in this country. It's a responsibility we feel is very important. You will see that. You've seen it. We launched our Clean Air Act. We believe regulation is the way to go. We are going to get tough on industry like it has never seen before. We are going to expect them to step up to the plate and make investments in technology to meet these new regulations like they never have before. We're going to regulate the auto sector, even though they would say they would rather have a voluntary agreement.
No, we are convinced this is the right way to go. This is only the beginning. This is just the beginning of our commitment to fighting greenhouse gases.
You asked specifically, Mr. Trost, about the Geological Survey of Canada. This is part of the earth sciences sector of our department. It has come up at the federal-provincial-territorial mines ministers conference. There is strong support for this across the provinces. It's something that we're looking at. I understand that this year alone, in this year's budget, we've added $800,000 to enhancing various initiatives, but primarily in post-doctoral fellowships and graduate student research. We recognize that if we want to have some of the very best geologists in the world, we need to make those investments now. That's just a small area, when you talk about some of the staffing levels, that we want to invest in. They can carry on to much higher levels in their education in pursuit of this.
I do acknowledge that the Geological Survey of Canada does some amazing work. We have a lot of scientists in our department who put a lot of effort into this. I've had discussions with a number of my provincial colleagues on how we can collectively work together to see that this is one area we can move forward in the future.