Environment committee  The government has decided to use the 2006 reference base to be able to really show Canadians the results from actions that are going to be taken following the implementation of the regulatory framework, so really to be able to have a benchmark to a year where afterwards we're go

Environment committee  The detailed data that we have goes to 2004. The government has decided that 2006 would be the baseline, as I have just mentioned, to be able to report on and account for the results of the different measures that are going to be taken.

Environment committee  We could table a version of this graph for information purposes.

Environment committee  No. It has just been confirmed to me that the economic analysis is legally protected. This is a legal measure. I am sorry for having misled committee members. This was done inadvertently, I had the wrong information. So I apologize. It seems I had wrong information. The economi

Environment committee  As far as the implementation is concerned, this was done with outside consultants. However, this project was undertaken by Environment Canada and all of the departments directly concerned, because the regulatory framework is not limited to Environment Canada and measures containe

Environment committee  Methane is often one of the fugitive measures for these sectors. All intentional fugitive emissions are included in the forecasts and will be covered by regulatory measures.

Environment committee  Methane is deemed to be one of the six greenhouse gases that will be regulated. That is why, according to our estimates and data, methane producers will be included.

Environment committee  The detailed information that we have on greenhouse gases goes back to 2004. So we have 2004, and soon we'll have 2005 available. The decision of government has been to use the 2006 baseline.

Environment committee  This is a measure set out in the 2007 budget and it is up to our colleagues from Finance Canada, who will be appearing before you tomorrow, to provide this information.

Environment committee  Could you repeat your question? I'm sorry, someone gave me a paper and I was distracted.

Environment committee  The first one could not be followed because what we do publish is a regulatory framework and not the draft regulation. The intention is to start publishing the draft regulations for each of the sectors in spring 2008. We will have to realize all of those detailed analyses before

Environment committee  You asked first about the question of the regulation. We're not in the world yet—

Environment committee  We're not in the world,yet of draft regulation. The second one, the environmental assessment, has been done. We have done the economic analysis, we have done the health and benefit analysis, and this is the information we have provided you. The $6 billion benefit that we have t

Environment committee  You have to remember that the technology fund will have to make the equivalent reduction for anything that gets paid into the fund. So the reductions, estimated at 49 megatonnes, will have to be done by the sum of the actions of the different stakeholders.

Environment committee  In regard to the technology fund, there's going to be a delay, because we have to invest—