Thank you, Minister and gentlemen.
Minister, as per your mandate letter, you're to work with the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities to make new investments in green infrastructure. I've said it before, and I've said it here at this committee, real environmental leadership starts with us here in government. I'll use a few examples from here on the Hill.
You walk into a washroom in Centre Block, the radiator's blasting at 110 degrees, and someone's opened a window because it's too hot. We have gas-powered vans driving around in circles all day long, driving MPs around, when we should have electric. We should have charging stations. We should have bike racks. We should have bike-share. I would happily take a bike and go down to Confederation after each meeting.
There are many other opportunities just right here, not counting the federal government across the board, and not counting what you've spoken about with municipal governments. I know that in my municipality, Halifax Regional Municipality, they did the solar city program. Now there's the green municipal fund as well.
There are a lot of people doing individual things at government, but what ways do you think we can lead by example—us specifically—to send the message to industry and Canadians that we're serious about this in the hope that they will follow our example?