Environment committee  This provision has not been used.

Environment committee  You can draw whatever conclusion you want. All I can tell you is that it hasn't been used. That may be because there hasn't been a need, or it may be because it's improperly designed. Again, I'm not here to give you judgments. That's for you to decide.

Environment committee  Again, I think we're straying into questions that are not appropriate for us to answer. Our job is to tell you how the act is structured, how it works, and how it has been used. It's for you to decide whether it's appropriately structured or whether it applies appropriate checks

Environment committee  Specifically, at the moment, there's no postal code search function.

Environment committee  There is one now? Okay, I guess we're constantly updating the search function, so there's a postal code search function as well as a basic GIS overlay, which allows you to target any area of Canada, as Mr. Morin explained, and then expand as far as you want. So my apologies for m

Environment committee  You are delving into history. I know that there were—

Environment committee  No, not to our knowledge, but we can check and get back to you.

Environment committee  I'll try to address those issues. My colleague may want to supplement the answer. I think inter-jurisdictional comparisons are always useful to determine how a jurisdiction is doing and whether or not there are lessons to be learned. Specifically your question is, can we compare

Environment committee  And your last question was...?

Environment committee  We have a number of authorities to regulate air emissions. First of all, many air pollutants are on the list of toxic substances, so we have authority under part 5 of CEPA to use the full set of CEPA tools—regulations, P2 planning notices, guidelines, codes of practice, and trade

Environment committee  Again, I'll just speak briefly about that. I'm not going to give you a preference; I'll give you some considerations.

Environment committee  First of all, as my colleague explained, Health Canada, which assesses health risks, already does consider vulnerable populations. Of course, as members of Parliament, you may want to provide for more certainty that it will be done. Putting it in the preamble would provide some

Environment committee  Maybe I can step in. I can't speak to assessments or reports that have been done under Health Canada, and we may need to follow up on that. Mr. Morin has only relatively recently moved into the position, so we can't confirm. However—

Environment committee  May I just clarify? There are federal regulations regulating the emission of greenhouse gases—

Environment committee  I've got it. Just bear with me for a second. The regulatory impact assessment statement for those regulations does provide an estimate of the human health benefits of reducing greenhouse gases, including the possible indirect benefits from the reduction of mercury emissions. I'