Environment committee  That's $5 million to $8 million based on current production.

Environment committee  But that is based on creating an acceptable market for foreign investors to come and infuse their capital into Canada to attract investment for the future.

Environment committee  Could I just add one sentence to that? Marie-Hélène's point is very well taken as it relates to the differences between the types of ethanol that are out there. Right now Canada imports one billion litres of American ethanol. We do that because it's very inexpensive. By removin

Environment committee  Less than that based on current production....

Environment committee  This is a point that I really enjoy talking about. Government support is really about making a strategic investment at the front end of the technological process. These are business risk management tools that financial institutions look to in order to make those investments saf

Environment committee  Yes, certainly. Used cooking oil right now is probably the most popular feedstock because it is the least expensive. Canola oil is another one that's used a lot, but because of the price of canola right now, it's not as attractive as a feedstock. Every company is going to have

Environment committee  I can't do it personally, but my members certainly can. There are two different types of technologies. One is thermochemical based. The other one is biologically based. I'll let Marie-Hélène talk about her process. The other type, quite frankly, is to create an environment whe

Environment committee  Oh, my apologies.

Environment committee  I always round up.

Environment committee  Yes, 49 metric tons.

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I am very happy to be here today on behalf of Canada's biofuel industry to talk about waste management and landfills in Canada. Founded in 1984, the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association is the country's leading advocate for the economic and

Agriculture committee  Like the price of food, the most important price for renewable fuels production is the price of energy. We are making energy more affordable in the long term. We are recycling carbon within the natural environment, and using that product again in the hope of reducing our overall

Agriculture committee  Well, I would tell you, and I would tell the committee, that the absolutely most important thing the Government of Canada has done and can continue to do is to have mandated requirements for inclusion of renewable content. As I said earlier, we'd like to see the 2% diesel mandate

Agriculture committee  Certainly. I think there is a strong biocluster in the Sarnia area. That started from the Sarnia ethanol plant and the chemical industry that was there. All of those projects had some government support. I think there are strong research elements. For example, the Enerkem system

Agriculture committee  We don't sponsor research per se. We simply encourage governments to support more of it. There is a lot of different positions in Canada right now that are converting waste into various forms of energy, or heat, or fuels. Certainly, we are interested in anything that reduces wast