Environment committee  There are two areas. The first, as I mentioned, is the ecoENERGY renewable program. Solar is certainly eligible under that program for power generation. Its eligibility may be slightly theoretical, because to the best of my knowledge, it won't be competitive with other renewable

Environment committee  It would not be built into the business-as-usual forecast. We certainly think it's an extremely promising technology to reduce emissions and in fact to reconcile--and this is a little bit to Mr. Bigras' point--the emissions that come from the production of fossil fuels with our e

Environment committee  If I understand the question correctly, I think you have identified a real issue--namely, how do you ensure that the grid is capable of accepting as much renewable power as possible? There are questions about codes and standards and so on. The department is doing some work in t

Environment committee  The key program in that respect is the ecoENERGY renewable program, in which the government committed $1.5 billion to support 4,000 megawatts of additional renewable capacity. That would include wind but also small-scale hydro, biomass, potentially geothermal, and so on. In add

Environment committee  That is a question for Environment Canada because it has to do with the regulatory framework.

Environment committee  Was I personally consulted, or was Natural Resources Canada consulted?

Environment committee  Yes, I believe our communications people were consulted. That's my understanding.

Environment committee  I don't think it does in this chart. This chart refers purely to the regulatory program.

Environment committee  I'm not sure I understand the question.

Environment committee  Mr. Godfrey, I'd have to say that I'd be happy to get back to you with the detailed numbers on what the projections are. I don't have those numbers with me. I must say that 29 megatonnes sounds a bit high to me, but I'll certainly check into it and get back to you, if that would

Environment committee  No.

Environment committee  We were consulted, along with other departments, with some frequency as the plan was being developed. Rather than characterizing it as fulsome or frequent or substantial, I did check my agenda and I counted 11 meetings at the ADM level through January and February--so roughly ove

Environment committee  The figure that sticks in my mind is roughly 4% to 5%. Today that figure would grow over time as the oil sands expanded.

Environment committee  Appearances can be deceiving, Mr. Chairman. I'll defer to—

Environment committee  Mr. Chairman, I have to apologize--