Natural Resources committee  Apologies, I was on mute. To follow up on what Mr. Cosbey was saying, you know the program was designed to reduce methane emissions. I don't think there's ample evidence in the commissioner's report that the program itself was what led to increased production. Therefore, really

Natural Resources committee  We've seen evidence that it's possible to get very close to zero or to virtually eliminate it. Zero is always a hard thing to get to, but certainly addressing methane emissions is, as you said, very cost-effective. We have the technology. It's commercially available. It's current

Natural Resources committee  The indication we have is that they're not on track. The government released a progress report in late December, but that report really didn't take into account the updated numbers. Therefore, we still don't have a sense whether we are on track, but as I mentioned, the indication

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely, we can meet the targets that we have in place for 2025 and 2030 using regulations.

Natural Resources committee  The statistic was that 97% of the money from the fund went to eliminate methane from intentional venting. You were correct, there. Canada absolutely is well placed to be a leader in addressing methane. We have regulations in place right now. To capture that leadership, we need t

Natural Resources committee  I think, given that the fund is now in place and we have new rules around how to apply to the fund, it makes sense to continue it for the next year in order to achieve further reductions. Looking past that, we really need to lean on strong regulations to send a signal for compani

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  The changes to the third intake, I think, will address some of those concerns. We would still like to see Natural Resources Canada report out. We've heard the statistic that the fund has so far achieved 4.7 megatonnes of reductions, but we don't yet know what portion of that is a

Natural Resources committee  Yes. The third intake does require applicants to provide information about how their project will surpass regulatory requirements, so that point is addressed for that intake.

Natural Resources committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Jan Gorski and I'm the director of the oil and gas program at the Pembina Institute. My colleague Chris Severson-Baker is the Alberta regional director. The Pembina Institute is a non-profit think tank that ad

Natural Resources committee  This is Jan Gorski. I'm coming to you from Canmore, where it's fairly snowy right now and quite cold.