Environment committee  I'll try to keep my answer brief, even though this is an area that I'm really excited about. There were some changes to the fine regime under CEPA and also under the Fisheries Act that took place in the last few years. The Environmental Enforcement Act, which came into effect in

Environment committee  I'll start from an enforcement perspective. We may have to come back to you with that specific information, because that would come from our science and technology branch and we don't have anyone here with us. We can come back to you in writing if you would appreciate that. Reg

Environment committee  Thank you for the question. Gwen already did a good job of describing the PERC project. She and I actually worked on it together in more junior positions at the time. That's how we got to know each other. She was talking about the blitz of inspections. That enforcement approach

Environment committee  We do.

Environment committee  I'd be happy to. Canada is a big country. We have, as I mentioned, approximately 200 officers spread across the country. However, we work very collaboratively with provincial officials and also other departments. While we are sometimes small, we are friendly. There's a lot of ou

Environment committee  Hello. Thank you for having me today. As Ms. Goodier said, I am the Director General of the Environmental Enforcement division at Environment and Climate Change Canada. I would like to use the rest of our allotted time to provide a few overarching comments on behalf of ECCC's

Transport committee  I'll start, and I'll throw it to my colleague in a moment. You just asked a really broad question. We'd have to go back and look at a lot of data to give you a proper response.

Transport committee  Not that I'd want to say here on the record. To really answer your question well, we'd have to get back to you, but we can provide you with data on that.

Transport committee  None of us here are the people who are experts on the particular aspect you asked about. There's actually a new branch at Environment and Climate Change Canada that deals with that specifically. We could get an answer back to you from them if you prefer.

Transport committee  I apologize. I should know this. Have you had anyone here from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency yet?

Transport committee  You may wish to direct some questions to them, specifically about the environmental assessment process writ large. I think they would probably be a better help to you. I'd love to answer, but I don't want to start answering things I don't—

Transport committee  I don't know if you have preference by department, but Marc Bernier will present our opening statement for Environment and Climate Change Canada.