Environment committee  Thank you. It's good to see a number of you again. The title of our study is “Clean growth and climate change in Canada: International leadership”. Due to logistics, we haven't really been able to talk to anybody from other parts of the globe. I'm wondering whether any of you....

Environment committee  We've heard several times in question period in Parliament in the last little while that the heaviest polluters are exempt. Is that true?

Environment committee  Can you send us that information? I'm going to run out of time, and I made a promise to Mr. Bossio.

Environment committee  Okay, thank you.

Environment committee  I have a couple of quick questions, and then maybe I'll give a few minutes to my friend Mr. Bossio for future considerations.

Environment committee  I'll start by quickly asking you to answer Mr. Lake's question about where the name came from.

Environment committee  I'll have to be very quick with my question. Is the bonus, let's call it, for greenhouses across the board for whatever is grown in that greenhouse? I'm just wondering whether it applies to cannabis greenhouses as well.

Environment committee  Okay. Just quickly, there are four provinces this would apply in, where 90% goes back to individuals and 10% goes into a green fund. Have you estimated how much that green fund might be worth in any of those provinces? I'm curious as to the magnitude and what might be available for green projects.

Environment committee  Early on, the words “self-assessment” were used in terms of the process. Flags often go up when someone is asked to self-assess, particularly industry. Could you explain that a little more? It just kind of raised a flag. What does self-assessment mean in that context?

Environment committee  So if you're my brother and we both own companies, and I have an opportunity for you to buy something from me, how is that going to be monitored, to know that you and I aren't just working to help each other? What kind of government oversight will there be on this self-assessment?

Environment committee  Just to follow up on that, the other thing I've heard about British Columbia is that emissions were going down until the year the province stopped increasing the price. There was an annual price increase that was part of it, and when that price stopped increasing, that's when, potentially, emissions started to go up a little bit.

Environment committee  The largest community in my riding is the city of Cranbrook, with about 20,000 people. Do you know whether under this we are still considered rural? Quite frankly, I haven't gone to look at how Statistics Canada defines that.

Environment committee  My advice would be for every constituent to check every box that might benefit them, and let CRA figure out whether they are qualified or not.

Environment committee  That is, unless B.C. decides to adopt the federal approach.

Environment committee  Perhaps you could include small businesses in your answer as well.