加拿大生物燃料行业警告称，政府旨在匹配美国激励措施的拟议规则中仍存在一些差距，且这些变化不太可能刺激对世界最大油菜籽生产国的投资。
Canada's biofuels industry warned that some gaps remain in the government's proposed rules aimed at matching US incentives, and that the changes are unlikely to spur investment in the world's top canola producer.
根据周末公布的拟议规则，加拿大生物燃料生产商将因在加拿大生产生物燃料而从政府获得更多信用额度。为满足低碳排放强度限制，他们既可以自行生产低强度燃料，也可以向他人购买信用额度。
Under the proposed rules, unveiled over the weekend, Canadian biofuel producers would receive more credits from the government for producing biofuels in Canada. To meet low carbon emissions intensity limits, they can either produce low-intensity fuels themselves or buy credits from others.
这些变化将取代一套仅因使用生物燃料而获得信用额度、且外国生产燃料获得同等额度的制度。
The changes would replace a system in which only the use of biofuels earns credits, and foreign-produced fuels receive the same amount.
加拿大政府表示，这些变化旨在“缩小加拿大低碳燃料生产商面临的竞争力差距，使其能与美国生产商公平竞争”。
They are designed to "close the competitiveness gap facing Canadian low-carbon fuel producers so they can compete fairly with US producers," Canada's government said.
业界长期抱怨美国补贴普遍较高，抑制了加拿大的生产。与此同时，由于国内产量短缺，为了获得信用额度，一些加拿大燃料混合商一直在进口美国产品。规则对乙醇、生物柴油和其他替代燃料设定了不同的费率。
The industry has long complained that US subsidies are generally higher, discouraging production in Canada. At the same time, in order to earn the credits, some Canadian fuel blenders have been importing US product due to a shortfall in domestic production. The rules include different rates for ethanol, biodiesel and other alternative fuels.
对于乙醇，渥太华提议对加拿大生产给予1.3倍的信用额度乘数，而业界此前寻求的是1.4倍的费率。
For ethanol, Ottawa is proposing a 1.3 times credit multiplier for Canadian production, compared to the 1.4 rate the industry had sought.
加拿大可再生工业协会董事会成员安德烈娅·肯特表示：“认识到问题存在与缩小差距（与美国生产补贴的差距）是两码事。”她说，拟议规则提供的支持价值仅为美国乙醇生产商所获支持的约三分之一。
"Recognizing the problem and closing the gap (to US production subsidies) are two different things," said Andrea Kent, a board member of Renewable Industries Canada. The proposed rules provide only about one-third of the value of support US ethanol producers receive, she said.
加拿大油籽加工商协会执行董事马克·沃克表示，这些变化是朝着正确方向迈出的一步，但将导致对油菜籽的“净中性”需求。他说，生物柴油的1.4倍乘数同样低于美国的支持力度，未能提升加拿大生产的竞争力。新规将面临为期75天的审议期。
Mark Walker, executive director of the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association, said the changes are a step in the right direction, but would result in "net-neutral" demand for canola. The 1.4 times multiplier for biodiesel also falls short of US support and fails to improve competitiveness of Canadian production, he said. The new rules face a 75-day review period.
加拿大油菜籽协会主席克里斯·戴维森表示，鉴于加拿大、美国和墨西哥在《美墨加协定》（USMCA）贸易协定下的融合，他支持政府决定为来自加拿大、美国和墨西哥的原料（如用于生物燃料的玉米、大豆和油菜籽）提供激励，而非仅限加拿大本国原料。
Canola Council of Canada President Chris Davison said he supports the government's decision to provide incentives for feedstock, such as corn, soybeans and canola used in biofuel, from Canada, the US and Mexico, rather than Canada-only origin, given the countries' integration under the USMCA trade pact.
美国可再生燃料协会表示，很高兴看到加拿大拟议的法规不会阻止进口的美国原料被加工以满足加拿大的生物燃料目标。美国法规允许加拿大菜籽油和其他北美原料作为国内供应用于美国生物燃料生产。可再生柴油将获得1.5倍的信用乘数。
The US Renewable Fuels Association said it is pleased to see that Canada's proposed regulations will not prevent imported US feedstocks from being processed to meet Canada's biofuels targets. US regulations allow Canadian canola oil and other North American feedstocks to be used as domestic supplies in US biofuels production. Renewable diesel will receive a 1.5 times credit multiplier.
虽然帝国石油已在阿尔伯塔省建成一座大型可再生柴油工厂，但邻省萨斯喀彻温省由联合合作社计划建设的另一座工厂因监管担忧而搁置。
While Imperial Oil has built a major renewable diesel plant in Alberta, another plant planned in neighboring Saskatchewan by Federated Cooperatives is on hold due to regulatory worries.
帝国石油首席执行官约翰·惠伦表示，公司在制定这些规则“微调”时曾与渥太华举行会谈，“我们对目前的走向不感不适”。
Imperial Oil CEO John Whelan said the company held talks with Ottawa as it developed these "tweaks" to the rules, and "we're not uncomfortable with where this is headed."