Mr. Speaker, the response is as follows: (a) The government has not yet finalized the energy science and technology strategy. Therefore, it has not made decisions regarding future funding for specific science and technology areas.
(b) The federal government will announce a plan to meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets under the Kyoto protocol in the near future.
(c) The federal government does not currently have estimates on the level of emissions that could be reduces as a result of tidal and wave energy projects. Such estimates would depend on the performance of the new technologies, or the number and size of future installations, and on the type of electricity generation replaced by tidal and wave energy projects.
(d) The government has not yet finalized the energy science and technology strategy. Therefore, it has not made decisions regarding future funding for specific science and technology areas and cannot estimate the amount of electrical power that could be generated as a result of support to the tidal and wave energy industry.
(e) The government has not yet finalized the energy science and technology strategy. Therefore, it has not made decisions regarding future funding for specific science and technology areas.