Environment committee  What's your idea for using plastic bags and getting them recycled? What is Dow's idea around doing that?

Environment committee  Last night, my colleague Gord Johns had his motion, M-151, unanimously passed in the House of Commons. Thank you very much to everybody around the table here. So we will be hearing a fair bit more from you. I'm not quite sure.... Are these orange bags, the Hefty EnergyBag, just storage for now, or are you actually using what's in them?

Environment committee  Thank you.

Environment committee  If there were federal oversight, that would potentially resolve it.

Environment committee  I know that's one of the issues. Do you think there is anything that the federal government can do to help your industry, or is it mostly provincial?

Environment committee  Thank you. Thank you for being here today. I'll start with Mr. Murray, who comes from Revelstoke, in my riding of Kootenay—Columbia. To those of you who haven't been there, it's situated in the Selkirk Mountains. It has amazing snowmobiling and the longest downhill ski run in North America, and great mountain biking.

Environment committee  One of the challenges is supply, as you mentioned. Now, management of forests, of course, is largely provincial in nature. Getting access to a forest company's tenure can be challenging.

Environment committee  Thank you. To all of you, we're here to talk about what the federal government can do to make things better in your industries and in your lives. If your presentation didn't have all of it today, feel free to submit something separately to us. Mr. Ménard, just quickly, I am part of the all-party renewable fuels caucus.

Environment committee  This morning I had breakfast with a group called Renewable Industries Canada. I hope to actually see them come as a witness, because it was quite inspiring. From your perspective, what are some of the agricultural by-products—I'll call them that, rather than waste—that potentially can be part of a biofuel future?

Environment committee  When I asked them this morning about what the federal government should do to encourage more renewable, low-carbon fuels, they gave a couple of examples: one, by setting the E standard, which I guess is now at E5 for many gasolines—increasing that would put more low-carbon canola and other products into the fuel—or to do as Quebec did, which is to legislate that municipalities can no longer put any compost in landfills.

Environment committee  Thank you for being here today. I'll start with Mr. Bonnett. I used to be the regional manager with the ministry of the environment for southeastern British Columbia. I left that job on a Friday and on Monday I started as the regional manager for the East Kootenay conservation program, which was private land conservation.

Environment committee  Thank you.

Environment committee  In terms of our study, then, how does that all relate to our carbon footprint and a better future?

Environment committee  I want to bring it back to the federal government's role, which is of course why we're here. What do you think the federal government should be doing better, or more of, in order to help your industry—again, particularly focusing on greenhouse gas reduction and a better future?

Environment committee  Thank you. I want to talk about agriculture for a minute, Mr. McCabe. You talked earlier about the opportunities in agriculture to use waste products for biofuel and bioenergy. I couldn't help but reflect on how historically the early settlers burned buffalo chips to keep warm in the winter, when we had bison across the land.