Environment committee  I'm not sure I understand the question.

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, there are a couple of sources for funds, for both allowing the agency to play a leadership role in managing the consultations with first nations, but perhaps more important, providing capacity funding for first nations to participate as part of the government's recentl

Environment committee  If I understood the question, Mr. Chairman, I'm being asked how many in-depth studies...

Environment committee  I could provide you the overall number of in-depth studies that have been conducted on the oil sands, but I don't have that information here today. We recently completed three, including the Kearl, and Muskeg projects in Alberta. At least three or four of some 20 in-depth studies

Environment committee  These projects on the oil sands are often—I would even say always—assigned to joint commissions of the agency and a regulatory tribunal of the Province of Alberta. So these are joint reviews. The agency is responsible for providing secretariat support to the joint commissions. So

Environment committee  Mr. Chairman, the Canadian agency is engaged in the assessment of projects that are proposed by the proponents. We do not state our preferences as to sources of energy. We don't have a policy development component in that area. I'll turn the floor over to my colleague, David McL

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Agency's role as an ardent defender, which we talk about in the document, consists in this: we carry on a lot of promotional and training activities, but we do not monitor compliance or control of their implementation. We also do our best to conduct

Environment committee  I would like to emphasize that the Agency—

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It's my turn to thank you for affording me the opportunity to come and talk about the activities of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. This is a very interesting time for the Agency. As you have no doubt already noted, our budget has sharply