I represent a riding that spans northeast Alberta. We're just south of the oil sands. In my constituency of Lakeland, heavy oil and conventional oil and gas development, along with agriculture, are the key economic drivers. I'm a strong supporter of Canada's world-leading energy industry, and I think all Canadians should be proud of our track record in world-leading standards and innovation. They have unlocked the development of our abundant natural resources that provide so many social and economic benefits to every person and every community in Canada.
We've heard testimony over the course of this study from representatives of the Canadian Standards Association, for example, who appeared before our committee and affirmed that Canada's regulatory standards are the highest of any energy producing nation on the globe. I take your responses today on the interim measures as a very diplomatic way of expressing what you have undertaken a number of these measures traditionally through the environmental assessment and regulatory processes, including basing your decisions on scientific evidence together with public, community, and first nations consultation. Certainly, in northern Alberta, not only are first nations actively consulted on energy projects, but they're also active developers of our energy resources and partners in providing the jobs and the benefits generated by energy development there.
We've heard from some energy proponents that they're unclear on what the specific requirements will be stemming from these interim measures, which are either redundant or, in the case of upstream greenhouse gas emissions, already regulated, monitored, and enforced at the provincial level. What is your understanding of the specific differences or changes between the previous processes and those that will flow from these interim measures? Moreover, can you provide us with some clarity on how energy developers across Canada will be required to comply with the so-called new measures?