Public Accounts committee  We certainly wouldn't want to see any double counting either. In the offsets space, there are two different markets. There are compliance markets and there are voluntary markets. We would not allow any offsetting in a compliance market that—

Public Accounts committee  Yes, there are written instructions around offsets. Go ahead, Monique.

Public Accounts committee  I think your comment refers to the remarks by Deputy Minister Tremblay.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Tremblay. Yes, we are reviewing the accounting approach. The consultations are part of that review. Part of the challenge around the accounting approach is that a couple of different approaches are used internationally. The one that Canada uses is called a “refer

Public Accounts committee  Yes. On the accounting approach, the consultations are under way. With the—

Public Accounts committee  Yes, I understand. The consultations are ongoing right now, with the idea of taking a decision on the approach going forward by the end of the calendar year.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, certainly. Thank you, Deputy. There are a number of activities that NRCan undertakes to support the response to wildfire seasons. One critical area is decision support. We work with the provinces and territories to provide fire behaviour predictive modelling and data to hel

Natural Resources committee  First of all, I'd say that we have consulted a range of experts. We also have deep expertise within the department. We're a science-based organization. For all of the projects, we have an expert panel that includes internal and external experts. We look for a range of expertise s

Natural Resources committee  Certainly. I'd be very happy to provide a document that lays out the planning and also a list of experts whom we've consulted through the expert panels and through our advisory committee.

Natural Resources committee  In the commissioner's report, and to be fair, the report looked at a slice in time early on in a program that is a 10-year program, a lot of what the commissioner was talking about was in terms of ramping up efforts. As the commissioner mentioned, since the time and scope of his

Natural Resources committee  I would expect that the regulations you're talking about are provincial jurisdiction.

Natural Resources committee  We recognize that provinces and territories are critical partners in the program and have been working with them throughout. We have seven agreements in principle with provinces and six contribution agreements with provinces—

Natural Resources committee  Two billion trees is actually about a 40% increase in the number of trees planted in Canada. The idea with the program is that these are incremental to trees that would normally be planted for regulatory requirements and those sorts of things. We're working closely with the provi

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks to the committee for the invitation to be here at this meeting, which is taking place on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people. I'd also like to thank the commissioner of the environment and sustainable development for