Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I was looking forward to being here but, quite frankly, I am profoundly disappointed by this political wrangling. We have a flood crisis in this city. The water is at the door and you're wrangling about who does the best job or who has the best numbers. I want some clear answers. I spent five years in the Ministry of the Environment in Ontario under a minister who had incredible integrity. She walked the walk. I want people here to walk the walk and I do have some questions.
Earlier this month we learned that Loblaws is being awarded $12 million from the low-carbon economy fund for refrigerator retrofits. Ideally, the grant should enable GHG reduction projects that would otherwise not be able to go forward without government assistance. Now, Loblaws is the bread price fixing king of the country and Galen Weston is probably the second richest person here. Why on earth would Loblaws qualify for retrofit? I understand this business about the government adding in to what they were going to do, but why didn't Loblaws simply do it all and that $12 million go somewhere else where there could have been a greater benefit?