Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to our departmental officials for being here this morning.
I was hoping to ask this question of the minister. I would still like to pursue this particular question, hoping that one of you can respond and provide an update.
I wanted to touch on our clean energy dialogue. It builds on a historical tradition; parenthetically, I might add that it is a historical tradition of significant progress made by previous Conservative governments through partnership with the American administration. I'm thinking, for example, of the acid rain treaty.
I wanted to ask if you could update us on the progress of this clean energy dialogue. I know that the minister has been to Washington numerous times in the last couple of weeks and months, meeting with members of Congress and with officials of the Obama administration. If one of you could provide us with an update on that dialogue and some of the next steps, it would be greatly appreciated.