Finance committee  I was just looking at it, Mr. Chair, and I'm wondering if there's an explanation with regard to the modified calculation of that amount to be attributed in terms of the first or second additional contributory periods. You gave an explanation on these years: that you either turn

Finance committee  Thank you.

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, I know from canvassing my colleagues that we all have commitments at noon.

Finance committee  Sure.

Finance committee  But we don't sit that week. Is that...?

Finance committee  Yes, so we're in a constituency week that week. I don't know if that makes a difference or not.

Finance committee  This is just a schematics thing, Mr. Chair. You mentioned that we'd get the report back from the other committee on November 13 and have to deal with it by November 15.

Finance committee  Thank you. I'm not a regular member of the committee, Mr. Chair. It just seems to me that if we're dealing with taxation issues and we have witnesses here today who can provide the answers, it's a bit reversed. I would say that the answers to these questions should go to the env

Finance committee  Therefore, it may be information that would be relevant to ask the minister or his officials at that time. That limits us in our amount of time, given that this is the last committee meeting this week.

Finance committee  We're talking about small but necessary generators.

Finance committee  Thank you. That's right.

Finance committee  Just to follow up on that then, it's more like the retailer's paying the tax than the end-user, or am I reversed?

Finance committee  Is it the bulk retailer, the distributor of the fuel who's now paying the tax? Under the new act, under these changes, will it be the retailer as opposed to the end-user, or do I have it reversed?

Finance committee  Yes, and there's no change, then, for licensed vendors.

Finance committee  Is this for small users, small generators, or is it used by some of the industries as well?