Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We’ll just dig out that detailed information in terms of the positions and the other costs to see and we’ll provide that to committee. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Committee, we’re on page 13-14, activity summary, corporate management, grants and contributions, $965,000.

Thank you. Page 13-15, information item, corporate management, active positions. Any questions?

Seeing none, page 13-17, activity summary, environment, operations expenditure summary, $8.197 million. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. A very important division here. I have a number of questions. There are a number of strategies that the department is looking after. The Greenhouse Gas Strategy, the Solar Strategy, for example, and I’m wondering if I can get an update on where we are with those in terms of their renewal period and what sort of evaluation. What are we achieving in terms of the goals set out? Are we on target? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. For that response we’ll go to Mr. Campbell.

Just in terms of there are specific goals and objectives there. I think with the Solar Strategies I think it was five communities with 20 percent, the five thermal communities with 20 percent of our solar generation meeting the load and a couple of communities, 75 percent or something in that order. The Greenhouse Gas Strategy I believe it was, I can’t remember specifically, it was a little bit waffley, so it’s hard to remember that one. But are we able to say where we’re at in terms of achieving those and an explanation of that? Thank you.

Thank you. I recall that now. It was the one that we had already achieved when we set that because of the recession, and I suspect that’s not likely true any longer with the amount of oil and gas exploration activity and mineral development activity we have, the number of new mines coming on. So it would be good to get an update. I know this information is not up to date. Perhaps the Minister could commit to getting the up-to-date information, and what is our plan. Are there dollars in the budget for renewing these strategies?

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We’ll provide an update to

committee on the Greenhouse Gas Strategy as well as next steps and, as well, with the Solar Strategy.

In terms of the budget before us, are there dollars here to start work on renewing these strategies in this fiscal year given that this fiscal year covers the date that they will be ending?

There are no direct funds allocated at this point in this budget for the renewal process.

Will we be starting these renewals with existing funds?

Yes.

Thanks to the Minister. On the waste reduction side of things, we’ve talked annually for many years about the need to start on recycling of electronics and tires and perhaps some other things and start moving towards an extended producer responsibility in the areas where we can. What’s been our progress in those oft repeated goals?

The next big step for us in terms of waste reduction, and I’ll get the deputy to provide the detail, is we’ve been working on an electronic waste program so that we could look at diverting the tonnes of screens and computers and all this other electronic waste out of our landfills. I’ll ask the deputy to provide some detail.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Campbell.

Thank you, Mr. Campbell. Mr. Bromley.