Thank you very much.
Welcome, Minister. It's great to see you at this table. We're all very excited and interested, and we're anticipating your work in this role.
There is a particular area of interest for me. It's in a way related to the climate change issue, but of course climate change is a complex matter, and our government is well aware of that. In particular I note that the presentation you gave mentioned Canada's part in assisting with climate change adaptation. We know of course that Canada is responsible for only 2% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but that around the world the need for adaptation and mitigation of climate change is very pressing in some areas.
I would like to ask you about our government's commitment to fast-start financing of these adaptation initiatives and the degree of importance that our government attaches to investing heavily in adaptation plans.