Fisheries committee  My understanding is that it generally is government agencies, such as transportation agencies or others.

Fisheries committee  The one that I am most familiar with is Port Metro Vancouver, which has ongoing operations. They know they are going to be disturbing fish habitat on an occasional or ongoing basis, and as a result they have an ongoing need for offset credits. It is generally development groups

Fisheries committee  That language has, from time to time, been applied to it. It has been described as a commodification of natural values. With respect, I am less concerned about the semantics of it than the ecological productivity of it. If it is producing environmental gains and making use of p

Fisheries committee  I think I would have to give that some more thought before responding, but my initial sense is that it could be managed on a case-by-case process, and that it wouldn't necessarily have to be dealt with legislatively or even through regulation.

Fisheries committee  I think those are critical concerns in communities with respect to any development in this area. I think Senator Wells spoke to the opportunity that third party banking may create for municipalities and for indigenous groups. With any offset scheme, it's important that those comm

Fisheries committee  There's certainly been experience in several of the Australian states. As well, I'm familiar with systems in Europe. However, I have to admit that I haven't studied in detail the legislative arrangements that have enabled them. The state I'm most familiar with, Victoria in Aust

Fisheries committee  With respect, sir, I don't think that's a fair comparison. The legislation in the U.S. is a set of regulations that covers the whole suite of offset tools and principles. It includes administration of in-lieu fees, proponent-led banking and so on, and a fair number of those 100 p

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. My name is David Poulton. I am the principal of Poulton Environmental Strategies Inc., a small consulting firm here in Calgary. I am also the director of the Alberta Land Institute, which is a land use policy research instit