Thank you, Chair.
Thank you for the witnesses being here. Thank you for the handouts and the very good presentations.
Mr. Gagnier, you've said in your presentation Canada needs a smart policy framework, smart regulations, and pragmatism, a tool box. We need to know where we're going. The government has worked hard on Bill C-30, and that's what we're discussing today. I'm sure each of you has looked at Bill C-30 and the notice of intent. I'm sure you're all aware that includes short-, medium-, and long-term targets that will be set. The short targets are intensity based for greenhouse gas emissions, to be announced very soon. And they're hard caps, on the short, relating to pollution levels.
You've also mentioned the frustration in the lack of direction being provided by the previous government, and you've moved ahead on a voluntary basis, where Bill C-30 takes us from a voluntary to a mandatory regulation regime.
So do you agree that we should be moving from the voluntary? There is the memorandum of understanding, and each of you has made mention that you've been actually doing the work anyway. But are you sensing much more clarity in direction from this government? And I don't mean that politically, but are you sensing a much clearer direction that we are moving to achieve greenhouse gas emissions through Bill C-30? Are you happy with the basic structure?