Natural Resources committee  What I would say is that this hasn't been reviewed or updated in 20 years. To be fair, the government has attempted to in the past, but right now it stands at $30 million and $40 million. Given what we now know about the costs of these accidents—and it hasn't just been the Deepwa

Natural Resources committee  What we say in the report is that right now it's at $75 million, and that really is significantly lower than other countries. The United States is at $12 billion, but we've also said that Natural Resources Canada has acknowledged that this is too low. They said they proposed up t

Natural Resources committee  I'll try the first one, and I'll leave it to my colleague—

Natural Resources committee  Right. For mining, it is $500 million, and that's for mines north of 60. We've said there are some problems with whether or not the government knows that's sufficient. We found three mines where it was clearly not sufficient, and we also said that 70% of the mining inspections

Natural Resources committee  Oil and gas in 12 seconds, Mr. Sloan.

Natural Resources committee  What I said was on the particular issue of looking at absolute liability caps for preparedness for tanker spills, and on that we've said that Canada's amounts are absolutely in line with the international system, with the IMO, for example. In setting those international standards

Natural Resources committee  We looked only at the financial aspects, but we did note in the chapter that there are now requirements in Canada for double hulling as well as for other safety requirements. The safety record of tankers is quite strong.

Natural Resources committee  I have—

Natural Resources committee  Yes. In the report we said there have been a couple of attempts to go through the required legislative changes to change those limits, but as of now, they remain at $75 million.

Natural Resources committee  I'm glad you asked that. I've been here five years now. For me, this report has been a model of cooperation with senior government officials, both in terms of working through some difficult files and in terms of the government accepting our recommendations, and also from the fo

Natural Resources committee  I agree.

Natural Resources committee  I'll defer to my colleague, Ms. Leach. The offshore oil and gas platform liability down the Atlantic coast is $30 million. For the Arctic, it's $40 million. Compared with that of other countries, in the United Kingdom, for example, it's $250 million. In Greenland and in Norway,

Natural Resources committee  We noted the Prestige as $1.2 billion, and then the cleanup—and that's aligned with the absolute liability limit of the federal government in terms of spills from tankers. With regard to the Deepwater Horizon, the U.S. limit remains at $75 million; however, when the White House

Natural Resources committee  With pleasure. I think this is actually an extremely positive story and a positive finding. The reason, from an environmental perspective, is because those subsidies actually have a measurable link in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. The direct spending in the fossil fuels sec

Natural Resources committee  That's correct. About 97% is R and D, and more than 50%, just a little over 50%, of the direct spending is for cleaner technologies.