Environment committee  We will tag-team on that. That was a lot. Wow!

Environment committee  Okay, we'll do our best. In terms of identifying what the priorities will be for establishing the national enforcement projects for any given year, we do an annual call-out, and we speak to our regional staff. That's done through Heather's regional directors. We also speak to ou

Environment committee  Yes. We have three enforcement and compliance policies specifically: one under CEPA, one for the Fisheries Act, and one for wildlife as well. We can certainly provide the web links. These policies are publicly available; in fact, we refer to them frequently when we respond to cor

Environment committee  We don't get involved in the discussions on equivalency. Those are within the regulatory group of the department, so the protection branch or the—

Environment committee  Right.

Environment committee  Unfortunately, we don't control the regulatory process. We are engaged and will provide input to it from an enforcement perspective, but I would definitely have to defer to program colleagues to provide some insight into any challenges or impediments they may have faced. We're re

Environment committee  Could I add one final point in terms of the administrative review process? There is also the venue where requests for review can be made to the chief review officer. It's an independent entity to look at the review process.

Environment committee  Part of the challenge is that it is a significant undertaking, because there is so much data that does get entered into the system. Where we focus our efforts, currently, is in establishing information available to the officers to guide and inform the work they're doing. We've b

Environment committee  Certainly, in that regard.... Absolutely, if the committee does determine that those recommendations will go forward, we will look at what the organization, the department writ large, is considering in that regard. Where we get involved in terms of any potential drafting of instr

Environment committee  They're not on the books yet. They're still going through the gazetting process.

Environment committee  At this time, we are focusing on where we are. We are obviously statutorily obliged to report—through the annual reports for CEPA, the Fisheries Act, and the Species at Risk Act—so we provide the information. We also provide information through the reports on plans and priorities

Environment committee  Unfortunately, we don't really have the ability to comment on them, because we are not the ones who would develop regulations or instruments to deal with the recommendations as they are presented. We would defer to our program colleagues, who are the risk managers, to take into c

Environment committee  I think he's making reference to a law that currently isn't on the books and, as we had discussed even before we came into the room, certainly after engaging with the groups that create the regulations and after hearing these concerns, we'll be ready to enforce that which is read

Environment committee  We extrapolate statistics.

Environment committee  The officers are completely autonomous in terms of the actions they take. That was what I had referenced in my speaking points. The establishment of an independent branch in part creates that separation as well, so that we do not discuss any of the actions the officer wants to