I'd like to welcome the witnesses, as well as Mr. Fortin, who is joining us for the first time. He's doing that very well, as always.
Commissioner, it's always nice to see you.
We all recognize the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the need to reduce pollution. There are tools to do that. We invest a lot of taxpayers' money in it, but we still have to get results.
I want to talk to you about the Net-Zero Accelerator initiative. It's clear that taxpayers' money is being put into this fund to speed up the process. We need to know what we're talking about and what the targets are. We're mainly talking about $8 billion which comes from taxpayers. This money doesn't come from the tax; we know that the GST is only used to pay interest on the debt. That money comes from Canadian taxpayers and put directly into this $8 billion fund.
We talked about this last week in committee. What are your thoughts on effectiveness in meeting the targets? What are your thoughts on this $8 billion fund that comes from taxpayers?