Environment committee  We have taken the same approach for all sectors, for the oil sands as well as all others that you see in the different slides at the end of the deck. The approach has been to benchmark to the best in the world and to use the projection to 2015. So for all sectors we are taking growth into account, projected right now to 2015.

Environment committee  No.

Environment committee  This is for the minister to answer.

Environment committee  We have done the economic analysis for Bill C-288. We have done the economic analysis for the regulatory framework. We have not done the economic analysis for the revised Bill C-30.

Environment committee  What we can make available publicly at this time has been part of the background, which we'll circulate if—

Environment committee  At the moment, it would be premature for us to make any decision on that until we have completed our own regulations. When we are further ahead in developing our regulations, we would be pleased to discuss this issue with our colleagues from Quebec to see what could be done to converge on equivalency agreements as much as possible.

Environment committee  That's what we told you.

Environment committee  That's information that is given to government to make its decision. That's not normally made public.

Environment committee  This is the normal procedure that we follow when we give advice to government, and this is not at this time to be made public. We did provide the maximum information we could at this time in a background document that was circulated the day of the announcement. Unfortunately, I don't have extra copies with me, but if there's something that was not made available to all of you, for sure we'll make it available.

Environment committee  It is policy.

Environment committee  Hydro-Quebec's thermal power plants will be covered, but not the hydroelectric plants.

Environment committee  The regulatory framework includes early action measures and they pertain exclusively to industries covered by the framework. Hydroelectric corporations do not produce emissions, greenhouse gases, or air pollutants. Accordingly, they will not be covered by the industrial emissions regulatory framework.

Environment committee  With the 18%-target and the ongoing 2% enhancement per year, we feel, that by 2010 or 2012, there will be an absolute reduction of emissions from industrial sectors.

Environment committee  We are forecasting, between now and the time that the regulatory framework comes into effect, that, given the economic growth, there may be an increase in emissions until about 2010 or 2012. We are forecasting that once the regulatory framework is implemented, there will be an absolute decrease in greenhouse gas emissions coming from the industrial sector.

Environment committee  Intensity-based targets do not, in our opinion, represent any complication. Both systems are quite compatible.