Enhanced Soil Organic Carbon The federal offset protocols are only intended to apply in those Canadian provinces and territories that do not address the same project activity through an existing regional offset program. Since the Minister is expected to recognize many of the common offset regimes currently enacted by provinces and territories (including those dealing with the production of renewable energy from wind or solar), it makes sense for the federal government to concentrate on finalizing these less common protocols. b. Application Criteria A project description, including location, s...