A lot was talked about, but very little rubber actually hit the road. I think the exciting thing about this year's budget is that it gives us substantial resources, particularly to engage with the provinces. One of the challenges with Kyoto has been the lack of engagement with the provinces. The provinces have a co-shared responsibility on the environment. They by and large have responsibility for electricity, which is one of the biggest fossil fuel generators—one of the biggest emitters of both greenhouse gases and air pollutants.
I think this ecoTrust of $1.5 billion is a signal that we want to work cooperatively with the provinces. I know that both David Anderson, the former Liberal minister, and Christine Stewart, the former Liberal environment minister, have said that the former Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs was always very cautious and didn't want to push Kyoto because he didn't want to disrupt relations with the provinces. That was, of course, Stéphane Dion.
Rather than not move forward on Kyoto because we didn't want to rock the boat with the provinces, we have a pretty active, exciting engagement with the provinces that reflects the differences in all their jurisdictions. In Quebec they're doing some work with geo-thermal. In British Columbia they're doing some work with the hydrogen highway, which is very exciting. In Ontario, they're looking at a national electricity grid, working with the Province of Manitoba. In Alberta they're looking at carbon capture and storage, amongst a number of things. So I think you can see some innovation provincially that will be exciting and will be constructive in the effort to reduce greenhouse gases.