Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First, I want to thank you for being here this afternoon to talk about a clean economy and the fight against climate change. These are extremely important issues.
Recently, the Green Budget Coalition—which I'm sure you're familiar with—released its annual report containing recommendations for a green budget. One of the recommendations concerns fossil fuel subsidies. We have good news regarding one of the recommendations. We've reached an agreement with Argentina to ensure that our fossil fuel subsidies will be disclosed in the future.
The coalition also recommended that the Government of Canada “[initiate] work with partner countries to define “inefficient” fossil fuel subsidies.”
Are measures being taken to reduce fossil fuel subsidies? What could be done to improve the situation? I'm thinking of the establishment of partnerships with various countries around the world, such as the partnership entered into with Argentina.