Mr. Speaker, the government is moving in four key areas in response to red book commitments.
It is creating the post of commissioner of the environment and sustainable development through Bill C-83, which is going through the House now, which will enable the commissioner to monitor sustainable development strategies on behalf of all the ministries.
The government has proclaimed the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, making all department projects subject to assessment. The ministers of finance and the environment created a task force on economic instruments whose recommendations will be looked at with regard to the 1996 budget.
All the various departments of government are now trying to green their operations. Through the building initiatives of Natural Resources Canada we are now retrofitting buildings for energy savings, giving huge savings in addition to benefiting the environment. In the inland centre in Burlington we are to save $590,000 a year in addition to protecting the environment.