Thank you very much.
I'd like to put my second question to the Canadian Electricity Association. I've worked with the Canadian Electricity Association since about the year 2000 on coming up with a framework for the electricity sector in Alberta for emissions. Of course, that's a code word for coal power in my province.
The sector has slowly reduced its emissions over time, frankly because of pressure by the population, not because of voluntarily coming forward. Nonetheless, 40% of the sulphur dioxide and NOx in Alberta comes from coal-fired power, which is still emitting 30 kilograms a year of mercury. No amount of mercury is safe. There is a lot of lead, cadmium, hexachlorobenzene, dioxins, furans, PAHs, arsenic, and a very significant source of carbon. There has been a lot of complaints by the coal industry against this sped-up phase-out of coal-fired power. The complaints are about the fact that these are stranded assets and that the owners of the assets should receive compensation.
I have a simple question to the coal sector. For 40 years you've been using the airshed for free, causing unbelievable health impacts that are finally, since 2012, being documented. That is why the former Conservative government finally pushed for a somewhat quicker phase-out of the power. Don't you think that it's more appropriate that maybe the sector would be thinking about compensating the governments for the long-term health impacts and not trying to stop the quicker phase-out of the sector?