Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We do have a very limited number of staff in this division who are hard at work making sure that vehicle registrations are proceeding, commercial vehicle operations are safe, drivers’ licences and various other activities are proceeding like they should. One of the things we do get involved with, and this happens more at the national level when we talk to our federal/provincial/territorial counterparts, is to see what other jurisdictions are doing. On the issue of fuel efficiency for vehicles, it is high on the federal government agenda and we are monitoring/watching what the federal government is doing to improve mandates and fuel efficiency standards for new vehicles coming out. We don’t have the staff or the resources to undertake that ourselves, but we certainly provide input at the federal level.

I would note that several months ago there was a motion to look at tiered registration for vehicles and if that provided an opportunity to promote fuel efficiency. We are in the process of finalizing that paper and we will be returning to committee shortly with a discussion paper for some options on that. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.