Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to be here today. I'm going to share my time with my colleague, Mr. Mr. Mr. Derek Hermanutz, from the Department of the Environment. We're primarily here today to speak to you about our use of energy data. We are consumers of that data, so

Natural Resources committee  Certainly it's an annual process, so the collaboration is ongoing. We often find, for example, that we receive data from Statistics Canada that has been collected from the provinces and territories. We then look at it and make sure that we apply the appropriate quality control

Natural Resources committee  In terms of the responsibilities that I have—and maybe Derek can jump in about what he does—we essentially collect information based on the UN's IPCC guidelines, which are strict guidelines on the types of sectors and type of information we need to collect in producing our invent

Natural Resources committee  It's really challenging to get that kind of really up-to-date or I guess what you would call almost real-time information. We rely on some very involved and very heavy processes that actually require feeding information from a variety of sources, because it's not just the energy

Natural Resources committee  I may have to rely on my colleagues from StatsCan to talk about what—

Natural Resources committee  Yes, we do.

Natural Resources committee  There is a breakdown in the types of fuel consumption that are fed into the calculation of the greenhouse gas equivalents. I don't have the breakdown all the way down to the end, but it's certainly something we can provide to the committee. For example, there are differences bet

Natural Resources committee  I'll just clarify how we collect the information and use it. We are responsible for producing a national inventory that actually accounts for all of the potential sources of greenhouse gases and greenhouse sinks. When we collect the information on a national level, we are looking

Natural Resources committee  On the historical data, we're looking at gathering information about actual emissions, and we model where we need to, but essentially we're gathering information about what was actually emitted from those sectors that were captured. In terms of the degree of confidence, because

Natural Resources committee  We did not prepare opening remarks this time because we did the last time, so we're happy to take questions.

Natural Resources committee  I can tell you about what we are planning. That is certainly a priority for us, given the changes in the economy. This is one of the priorities we are working on with Statistics Canada. We can provide additional detail in writing, if you wish.

Natural Resources committee  From a technical data-gathering perspective, we have, over the last couple of years, been reinforcing our relationships with the provinces and territories. Policy work around the pan-Canadian framework has driven a lot of discussion on how we can better harmonize nationally with

Natural Resources committee  We currently have a number of bodies that help us gather feedback from stakeholders. CEPA has a national advisory committee that is composed of a variety of stakeholders, and we sometimes use it. We also often put out our products for public comment. We receive commentary and fee

Natural Resources committee  Yes, in particular where our work overlaps. We are having those discussions now about what that could potentially look like in terms of governance.

Environment committee  Thank you very much. Good morning, everyone. Environment and Climate Change Canada is one of the largest science-based departments in Canada. The Science and Technology Branch has about 1,400 employees in 24 science and technology centres across the country. Those employees car