Environment committee  I can't speak for how Treasury Board will speak about it, but it is part of a larger discussion on a land claims envelope that INAC is in charge of.

Environment committee  It's not that it's being phased out. You're right that normally we had these plans on a five-year cycle. But we had various kinds of plans. We've had Great Lakes, St. Lawrence, northern ecosystems, boreal forests, as well as the ACAP and the Georgia Basin. We're trying to put t

Environment committee  I'm Cynthia Wright. I'm the associate ADM of the Environmental Stewardship Branch. For the area of the Wildlife Service and conservation programs, we're now spending $30 million. I think you're asking about grants and contributions, but overall the departmental grants and contr

Environment committee  Yes, the budget for CWS in the salary budget, with the approval of the supplementary (A) amount, will be $35.9 million, which is the largest it's ever been. Just to give you an idea, five years ago it was $23.4 million.

Environment committee  We have the authority for product recalls.

Environment committee  No, CEPA has the authority, under section 99, to do product recall where a regulation is violated, which would include a regulation that was put in place under an interim order.

Environment committee  It enables the minister to require a manufacturer or a retailer to take back a product.

Environment committee  I think when you say “enforcement”, you mean the application of all of that: the assessment, the regulation, and on-the-ground enforcement.

Environment committee  And that's what the $300 million is about. It's for beefing up the capacity in all those areas. But I think it's a fundamentally different way of doing business from what we have done in the past. It's putting a lot more onus on industry. As Paul said, there will be lists of subs

Environment committee  I think there's good cooperation among the three principal agencies on what you're talking about: Transport, NRCan, and Environment Canada.

Environment committee  No.

Environment committee  In the whole vehicles and fuels area, there is already strong cooperation with Transport. Then on energy, as we develop new regulations dealing with the energy sector, NRCan is part of the consultation process we're doing now, and part of working with us.

Environment committee  Well, we already have two similar mechanisms to those in the U.S. We have the requirement for all departments to do sustainable development strategies. We also have all departments signed on to implement the toxic substances management policy of 1995.

Environment committee  Yes. Lead in CEPA has been largely industrial processes—lead smelters and that sort of thing. In terms of consumer products, I couldn't give you an answer on any plans forward on consumer products and lead. On mercury, I know there has been an intention to develop a strategy on

Environment committee  This power is not often exercised. We're talking here about interim orders, about situations in which another department may be involved. The Department of the Environment is responsible for ensuring that the department in question does not take on this responsibility. If memory