Natural Resources Committee on March 5th, 2013

[The Chair, Conservative, Leon Benoit]

One minute.

[Blaine Calkins, Conservative, Wetaskiwin, AB]

I have one last question for you, Mr. Young. I would be curious to find out why you are not a member of Ms. Cobden's organization, because it seems there would be some synergies there.

Ms. Cobden, you talked about the 73% reduction in greenhouse gases. I missed that part and didn't get the clarity. Could you please remind me about the equivalence of taking some 150,000 cars off the road and so on?

[Catherine Cobden]

That was for the pulp and paper green transformation program. On an annual basis, it's the equivalent of taking 150,000 automobiles off the road.

[Blaine Calkins, Conservative, Wetaskiwin, AB]

Is that in perpetuity?

[Catherine Cobden]

Yes.

[Blaine Calkins, Conservative, Wetaskiwin, AB]

Thank you.

[Catherine Cobden]

It would be as long as these boilers operate.

[Blaine Calkins, Conservative, Wetaskiwin, AB]

Fantastic.

[Catherine Cobden]

Can I just say for the record that FPAC is member companies only, so it's only private sector money from companies. But partnerships with NAFA should be something we both pursue following this discussion.

[Bradley Young]

I had a similar response. We have a membership as well, so we're a membership-driven organization and first nations businesses are part of it. Partnerships should be above board and apropos.

[The Chair, Conservative, Leon Benoit]

Thank you, Mr. Calkins.

Thanks very much to all of you for your very helpful presentations and answers to questions today.

We're going to suspend the meeting now and come back to an in camera meeting on the future business of this committee.

[Proceedings continue in camera]