Environment committee  Mr. Chair, I'm going to defer to Helen Ryan, the associate assistant deputy minister, who is responsible for the plastic waste initiative.

Environment committee  Hi. I can respond to that. There are a bunch of components to that question. On the clean fuel standard, we did indeed delay the rollout. We have back-ended it. That's quite deliberate, in response to two issues. One, of course, is the reduced capital available for investments

Environment committee  We have a small technical issue here. Matt Jones is getting his headset reapplied. He'll probably be appearing as Helen Ryan.

Environment committee  I would perhaps suggest that we get back to Ms. Collins with the answer so that we don't further delay the questions.

Environment committee  —so that wasn't associated with the length of the investigation.

Environment committee  No.

Environment committee  I'd like to add something, if I may. I think it's important to emphasize that in addition to the expertise of Parks Canada, the Canadian forest service has considerable expertise and they will be leading this exercise.

Environment committee  I don't think we have any information on that. That's an issue that the department doesn't.... As with any department that is involved in prosecution, we provide information and evidence. However, with regard to prosecution decisions and the management of prosecutions, those deci

Environment committee  That's correct.

Environment committee  That's correct.

Environment committee  The money that we were transferring was transferred to the Department of Justice, the public prosecution service—

Environment committee  I just wanted to emphasize that we also have direct transfer programs to support developing countries, and then we have our domestic R and D, much of which is focused on building Canadian export capacity.

Environment committee  We'll absolutely provide the material the department has developed related primarily to the design and impact of the federal carbon pricing system on the agricultural community.

Environment committee  Again, those programs are just starting, so very few decisions around disbursements have been made. However, we do have descriptions of the programs, which include descriptions of all of the first nation communities that are participating in the program, and we can provide those

Environment committee  Maybe I can respond. As public servants, we implement decisions made by the government. It's up to elected members, such as you, to make those sorts of decisions. Many of the programs we implement, ranging from basic science up to regulations and then programs that transfer mo