Natural Resources committee  I won't say I can resolve your question or answer it fully at this time. But as we proceed in determining how we make these fuels available and how to equip them in the marketplace, we are very conscious of the fact that not all regions of the country have the same access to developing these fields or using them.

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chair, currently we have a number of activities in two areas where we're supporting research and program activities to further the supply of renewable fuels such as ethanol, as the deputy has mentioned, and biodiesel for applications in commercial trucking and other uses. Our activities currently take the form of research and development to try to determine which feedstocks are the lowest cost, and get out the technical bugs, if you will.

Natural Resources committee  Sure. We've been delivering the program since 1998, and we have a certain number of audits that we've put into place. This program, along with the other programs that the deputy minister mentioned earlier, was reviewed by the Government of Canada in the previous government's climate change review that was started last summer.

Natural Resources committee  I have nothing to add, thanks.