Environment committee  Where you say “price”, I'll say “fair value”. I don't think it's incumbent on government to establish what that price should be and put that out there as a bulkhead. What I want to do is make sure that where GHG reductions happen, there is a mechanism that allows for individual c

Environment committee  Yes. But the point is that right now we're at an enormous competitive disadvantage.

Environment committee  I'm pretty sure that Mr. McTeague would notice and drive right across the country. But, yes, that is correct; it's just on the cellulosic part and it's just on the ethanol part.

Environment committee  What we've done is we've recommended that all governments, federal and provincial, find a mechanism that will allow for the recognition of the GHG reductions that accrue through the use of our fuels. Not all petroleum-based fuels have the same GHG impact. Not all renewable conten

Environment committee  Currently, under the federal regulations, there is not a mechanism in place.

Environment committee  I can tell you anecdotally that some of my members are now putting that GHG value into the price for sale of their products—

Environment committee  That's not true.

Environment committee  But it's because of provincial regulations.

Environment committee  We're advocating for a total reduction on cellulosic ethanol. Right now, ethanol that's blended into gasoline is taxed at the same rate as the petroleum fuel component. Just like in the 1990s, we had the first exemption for ethanol, and just like when we had the same exemption fo

Environment committee  Let's hope they drive to Enerkem.

Environment committee  It's just on the ethanol part, and just on the cellulosic part.

Environment committee  I'll put my corn ethanol hat back on for a second and say that the crush margin for ethanol is very tightly linked to the prices of commodities. The availability of more energy is overall a good thing. I'll switch hats back again and say that those variables for that cost compe

Environment committee  I'll talk very generally. With Enerkem coming online, we now have a globally competitive commercial-scale waste to biofuel facility, the first one around the world. I know that DuPont and POET will be opening cellulosic facilities this summer in the United States. That's techno

Environment committee  Absolutely we have. First, let me put out clearly, for the record, that soil organic carbon, and making sure that level is maintained in a way that's good for the environment, is incredibly important. Our partnership with farmers as the stewards of the nitrogen, the phosphorous,

Environment committee  Yes.