Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning Minister and Mr. Forbes. Thank you for being here.
I'm going to begin with a request, Minister, and then ask two questions.
Firstly, your department provided the committee with a table of program by program estimates for the $83 billion towards the green economy. Can your department provide these estimates broken down by sector, so that we can know to whom these funds will be distributed? That's my request.
I will now ask my two questions. The first concerns cities, municipalities and their various organizations, which have been asking us to do something about the renewal of the gas tax. They'd like to see numbers and they'd like it to be unconditional, because it slows down the process and makes it more burdensome. What can you tell us about that?
My second question concerns the cultural sector, which is very worried. The Canada Council for the Arts seems to be turning down nearly all project applications. Artists, industry, festivals, music, museums and other organizations are on the edge of an abyss. They don't know whether the programs are going to be renewed or whether they will be adjusted for inflation. Do you have anything to say to them today?