Environment committee  I can take that, Mr. Chair. As the member is aware, with regard to the environmental damages fund more acts will now require payment into that fund when Bill C-16 is brought into force. We're aiming to bring that part of Bill C-16 into force in the spring of 2010. That will brin

Environment committee  I can take that, Mr. Chair. Environment Canada is still working very hard on those regulations. As you can imagine, they're quite complex. They cover 4,000 different systems. We will probably slip a couple of months, but we're still aiming to finalize the regulations in part II

Environment committee  The lead for that is the Department of National Defence. Environment Canada has provided some technical information in the past, but it really does not need to do so because Defence has quite a lot of expertise in this area.

Environment committee  We don't have a fixed date for the introduction of regulations. We're still working on the analysis of what kinds of regulations could be developed that would be appropriate to the nature of the risk.

Environment committee  A lot of the recovery strategies, as I explained when I was before the committee on species at risk, are being led by provinces. For Environment Canada, it's around 70% of the terrestrial species that are being led by provinces. So the capacity issue and the workload is not solel

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, I'll be very brief on this. Nanotechnology is, as the member knows, an emerging technology. All countries are looking at how it can be regulated. We are cooperating with OECD countries to understand how we could move forward, and that requires some basic understanding

Environment committee  I might have left the member a little unclear, Mr. Chair. If you look on page 24 of that general overview of Bill C-16, you'll see a whole list of court orders that the courts may do. The court may also order the offender to pay for damages or impacts on an individual--for inst

Environment committee  Correct--and it's being applied to additional statutes.

Environment committee  I'll let Sarah answer that one.

Environment committee  Perhaps I could handle that. It's a bit of a mix. Funds were transferred to the Department of Justice for prosecution, but it depends on the case, the workload, and other factors. Justice has resources for prosecution as well. It's not solely up to Environment Canada to pay for

Environment committee  There wasn't any decision to specifically fund prosecutions. Justice has received other resources. I think the situation has changed quite a bit in the last 20 years in terms of how prosecutors are funded.

Environment committee  The administrative monetary penalties would not be used if there was actual harm. They are for what are considered administrative issues. I gave the example of a minor bag limit exceedance. One could argue there's a degree of harm there, but there's probably not an impact on the

Environment committee  Maybe we could start with Albin, but Sarah could give examples of the kinds of concerns we might hear.

Environment committee  Do you mean a fine, but not the administrative penalty?

Environment committee  That would be $1 million per day.