Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Deputy. Earth observation is actually one area where NRCan and Canada are truly world leaders. We apply it to a range of domains, whether it's floods, forest fires, movement of icebergs or emergency responses. Methane emission is also one of those domains where we do

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chair, the question by committee members with regard to the IPCC is one that we take extremely seriously. This is why this government has invested such a large amount of effort in the development of a pan-Canadian framework on climate change. This department, NRCan, is the d

Natural Resources committee  Effectively. The theme of plastics dominated the G7's work, both for the heads of state last June and during the meeting of Canada's Environment, Oceans and Energy Ministers in September. The Government of Canada continued its efforts in this area in three departments: Environme

Natural Resources committee  This collaboration is generating a lot of interest, both among companies and governments. In particular, we are working with the USDOE national laboratories, the U.S. Department of Energy, to develop approaches that would work for our companies, which do business on both sides of

Natural Resources committee  In this sector, I would say that our closest relationship is with the United States. However, we also collaborate with European and Asian colleagues. Several of them will be present at the meeting in Vancouver, where many of these discussions will continue. Few people seem to be

Natural Resources committee  What are you talking about in relation to indigenous people?

Natural Resources committee  That's right. As you know, this applies to the oil and gas sector, particularly for pipeline projects, such as the consultations we are conducting in response to the Court of Appeal's decision. This also applies to all major projects that focus on Canada's energy, mining and for

Natural Resources committee  I don't know if you want to add to this, Chris, but it's funding to support companies to invest in innovative technologies and for their working capital needs to export to new markets. That's essentially the gist of it. Do you want to add anything more to that?

Natural Resources committee  And just to note—

Natural Resources committee  Just know that we cannot share commercially sensitive information, so we're using generic cases, albeit they are real. We cannot reveal a company's name.

Natural Resources committee  I'll be very brief. The $500 million has been fully allocated and those projects have been announced in large part. Others will come in the coming weeks, but they involve a number of projects around the country. As for the strategic innovation fund, the $100 million has been fu

Natural Resources committee  Yes, I certainly welcome the questions. Do you want to take a crack at it?

Natural Resources committee  I just note that the member of Parliament, Mr. Chair, is not alone in looking for this kind of information. That's something we heard a lot during the Generation Energy discussion. People are curious. They want to have the data, the evidence. They want to forge their own opinions

Natural Resources committee  Sure. I could do it. On the first tranche, that $1 billion for EDC, we were in touch with those colleagues earlier to take stock of how things are shaping up. Their latest assessment is that they expect to have something in the order of $500 million of that amount be committed b

Natural Resources committee  Perhaps you know, Mr. Chair, that the ocean protection plan added a $1.5-billion envelope that committed investment in equipment and scientists—like the one that Dr. Cecile Siewe just described—who are able to have specialized equipment. Specialized staff were able to evaluate th