Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My first question is for Mr. Cosbey.
In our last panel we heard a bit about how Canada's regulatory framework has been captured by the fossil fuel industry. The government has met with oil and gas companies thousands of times, but refused to meet with any of the 400 experts who collectively called on the government not to fund CCUS. You mentioned that we have two paths—to either regulate the industry and get fossil fuel companies to pay for reducing their own pollution, or to make taxpayers pay for it.
Can you speculate on why the government continues to choose a path where it hands over public dollars to profitable fossil fuel companies?