Thanks, Mr. Chair. I didn't get a response to my question, of course, but as I understand it, the federal government has indicated to the Alberta government that they intend to implement the federal backstop in that jurisdiction effective January 1, 2020.
I do feel compelled to make a few remarks in response to what I believe I heard the Minister say. The Minister talked about the failure of the committee to take the bill on the road. I think it is also fair for the public to know, and I would suggest anybody who is really keen to look at the committee report, the committee really didn't have any information to enable it to take the bill on the road. The Minister had changed the approach to large emitters and the implementation date and hadn't bothered to tell the public about that. Committee knew that information, but there was no way for the public to know. Taking a bill on the road on a faulty set of assumptions would not really be a great way to proceed with public consultation.
I guess, Mr. Chair, I would also point to my attempts, even in this review in Committee of the Whole, to make two small changes to the bill: one with regard to requiring some public reporting, and secondly, to require --