Environment committee  Thanks. In terms of how we prioritize and what it might mean for your constituents, the worse the chemical, the worse its interactions with other chemicals and the greater its impact on the environment, the more likely we are to target businesses, people or groups of businesses

Environment committee  Emile Boudreau was the investigating officer, so I wouldn't have directly replaced him.

Environment committee  Emile Boudreau was the investigating officer, but he was in touch with me. I received regular updates from him through the entirety of the case. On that basis, I understand the key aspects of the investigation and can relay them here.

Environment committee  The CESD audits and the audits of the Auditor General are a key part of helping us to prioritize what we need to do with our programs. Over the last couple of years, the main thing we've done is implement the risk assessment directorate, which is going to provide for the compre

Environment committee  I'm not in any position to comment on the resources or capacity of the Public Prosecution Service.

Environment committee  What we can comment on is the enforcement of CEPA, and we can comment on the investigation that we conducted and the report to Crown counsel that we issued.

Environment committee  I don't have a name in mind, but someone who works for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada would be where I'd start.

Environment committee  I'm going to have to refer that to Ms. Pelletier to answer.

Environment committee  Sure. On the proportionality of the offence, I think it's important to note that penalties in Canada are based on precedent in Canada and not in any other country. On that basis, we're pleased that it was more than 25 times the size of any previous penalty. To our way of thinking

Environment committee  In terms of the minister's office and the Prime Minister's Office, I can tell you that in my experience throughout the case there was no discussion with the minister's office or the Prime Minister's Office about the case itself in terms of what we would put forward to prosecutors

Environment committee  There are a couple of issues here. In terms of the priorities we set, we absolutely take a look at the entirety of our mandate to judge the risk on the basis of the harm that's done and the likelihood of those things happening.

Environment committee  As I talked about earlier, the risk-based approach to setting priorities is really at the centre of answering your question. We look at the entirety of our mandate. That includes such regulations as the environmental emergencies regulations, which require organizations to have a

Environment committee  Sure. The main concern of any enforcement branch, in my view, trying to make effective use of resources is twofold: recruitment and training. We want to get the right people in, and we want to train them in the best possible way. We've made investments over the course of the l

Environment committee  That's okay.

Environment committee  There were a number of recommendations made by the CESD on how we do priority setting and where we choose to focus our enforcement efforts. In response to that, we implemented, and have been implementing over the last two years, a risk-based approach, which includes a comprehen