Environment committee  It's a range of people. We're just in the process of starting that research program. We have some internal staff, as I'm sure you well know. We have used consultants J&C Nyboer in the past and will probably use them again, as well as the CIMS from Simon Fraser University.

Environment committee  In most cases for economic modelling, it's a series of outside consultants, yes.

Environment committee  This decision was made in 2006, before I got to the round table. It was a decision of the incoming government, and I wasn't privy to the reasons for that decision, because I wasn't at the round table at that time.

Environment committee  We have not.

Environment committee  It's the same for us. For the moment, our priorities are focused on the price of coal, on water and climate change, not really on this issue of energy renewal.

Environment committee  I would ask the committee to go to page 16 of the English version of the Report on Plans and Priorities. It's on page 18 in French. Here we have a list of our programs and policy priorities we're looking at. You'll see at the top of page 18, in French, Le prix du carbone: conce

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity to be with you here today to talk about the round table. The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy is an independent policy advisory agency whose purpose is to play the role of catalyst in identifying, explaining, a