Environment committee  You're correct. This would be a separate consideration from the determination of undue hardship--I think that's what you're getting at--and then the exemption of the minimum. Yes, this would be separate. You're correct.

Environment committee  The amounts found in the tiered fine scheme apply broadly across the entire Canadian Environmental Protection Act as well as the other nine statutes amended by the bill. We did look at a number of factors. Primarily we based those new fine ranges on an Ontario model. We looked ac

Environment committee  I apologize, but can you repeat the question?

Environment committee  Consideration to that specific issue wasn't given in preparation of this bill, because we didn't change any of the substantive requirements found, for example, in division 3 of the statute. The requirements weren't changing. We only amended the sentencing and enforcement tools.

Environment committee  As I said, we looked at other models to determine it.

Environment committee  Under two statutes, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and the Migratory Birds Convention Act, the Attorney General's consent is required.

Environment committee  That is the policy intention behind that provision being in those statutes.

Environment committee  I would want to verify that.

Environment committee  That's the intention behind that. That's in the existing statutes. The intention is to ensure that appropriate notice is taken prior to proceeding and that international laws are considered.

Environment committee  We're not, no.

Environment committee  Yes, again, it's government-wide, standard practice.

Environment committee  I believe so, yes.

Environment committee  Our enforcement division folks aren't here, but I am definitely aware there are various enforcement policies and procedural documents, and those currently exist, yes.

Environment committee  I am not aware of whether that is written down, but I could find out.

Environment committee  We did consult internally with economists in relation to the setting of fines as part of our research. Again, primarily we did that, but we also looked at other jurisdictions as models for fine ranges. It was not necessary to do any economic analysis in terms of actual technical