Yes. I think a lot of attention is being paid to fossil fuels and to technologies that are not necessarily market-ready, and I find that concerning. I have actually reviewed the new climate change plan that came out after I submitted my briefing, and the spending is up by about $850 million, so maybe $1.7 billion or $1.8 billion is what the spending is over several years.
Some of the spending on fossil fuels has been estimated at $8 billion a year to $14 billion a year, and there's $50 billion a year for the tax credit for carbon capture, utilization and storage. They aren't particularly similar in terms of level of support, but the other types of supports that are also really important are regulatory supports and knowledge and training supports.
Patrick Weiler asked me about whether the government is doing all of these things. They are doing some of the things. I've reviewed the clean electricity standard and I've reviewed the climate change emissions report. What I'm finding is that there is not enough spending on renewables. There could be a lot more, particularly in comparison to fossil fuels.
I also put into my briefing note that over the course of about 50 years, spending on nuclear and fossil fuels from both the public and private sectors outpaced by orders of magnitude the spending that's been given to renewables and energy efficiency. For example, I think it's wonderful that the energy efficiency program is targeting deep energy reductions, but it's targeting only 700,000 homes, and it hasn't gotten terribly far in terms of the number of homes that have been addressed in Canada. I think that with more administrative support, it could roll out a whole lot faster.