Natural Resources committee  Certainly. Thanks, Deputy. Mr. Chair, I don't have the exact numbers for what we might term oversubscription of the program. It certainly is a very popular and productive program. We do receive more applications than we can fund.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. I'd be happy to. You'll also notice that there's the green construction through wood program, which was originally announced in budget 2017 under the pan-Canadian framework on climate change. This program aims at reducing the carbon footprint of construction in Canada

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for the question. One thing I would point to is the work we're doing through the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers. We recently released a renewed national forest bioeconomy strategy. I know you don't have a lot of time, but I think what's really key is making sure

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks to the committee for the invitation to be here at this meeting, which is taking place on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people. I'd also like to thank the commissioner of the environment and sustainable development for

Natural Resources committee  I would expect that the regulations you're talking about are provincial jurisdiction.

Natural Resources committee  We recognize that provinces and territories are critical partners in the program and have been working with them throughout. We have seven agreements in principle with provinces and six contribution agreements with provinces—

Natural Resources committee  Two billion trees is actually about a 40% increase in the number of trees planted in Canada. The idea with the program is that these are incremental to trees that would normally be planted for regulatory requirements and those sorts of things. We're working closely with the provi

Natural Resources committee  First of all, I'd say that we have consulted a range of experts. We also have deep expertise within the department. We're a science-based organization. For all of the projects, we have an expert panel that includes internal and external experts. We look for a range of expertise s

Natural Resources committee  Certainly. I'd be very happy to provide a document that lays out the planning and also a list of experts whom we've consulted through the expert panels and through our advisory committee.

Natural Resources committee  In the commissioner's report, and to be fair, the report looked at a slice in time early on in a program that is a 10-year program, a lot of what the commissioner was talking about was in terms of ramping up efforts. As the commissioner mentioned, since the time and scope of his

Public Accounts committee  Yes, certainly. Thank you, Deputy. There are a number of activities that NRCan undertakes to support the response to wildfire seasons. One critical area is decision support. We work with the provinces and territories to provide fire behaviour predictive modelling and data to hel

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Tremblay. Yes, we are reviewing the accounting approach. The consultations are part of that review. Part of the challenge around the accounting approach is that a couple of different approaches are used internationally. The one that Canada uses is called a “refer

Public Accounts committee  Yes. On the accounting approach, the consultations are under way. With the—

Public Accounts committee  Yes, I understand. The consultations are ongoing right now, with the idea of taking a decision on the approach going forward by the end of the calendar year.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.