Thank you, Mr. Trudel.
That's a very good question. AQPER looks to the Quebec government first but is always in touch with the federal government. It's extremely important that the country explore the green hydrogen issue. Let me explain.
A review of the hydrogen and bioenergy strategy has begun in Quebec, and the Quebec government announced it at AQPER's last conference. The idea, first of all, is essentially to use hydrogen to decarbonize various industrial sectors in Quebec. You take Quebec green electricity, switch it over to hydrogen and then use that hydrogen in the form of an energy product. As you know, hydrogen can be used to form many types of molecules that meet needs in various industrial sectors.
This is something that AQPER supports. AQPER members that produce hydrogen, or are preparing to do so, combine it with other types of molecules to make more complex molecules: biofuels, low-carbon-intensity fuels, next-generation renewable natural gas, or RNG, methanol, ethanol and so on. These molecules are often used in industrial sectors such as transportation.
Is Canada adequately supporting hydrogen? Here's my answer to that question.
First, until you understand the uses and how those uses are sequenced—I'm talking about the technological roadmap—you may be wrong about the type of incentive you should provide.
Second, Canada must consider this in the context of its Canada-Germany accords and of the current calls for help from our European partners regarding gas energy projects, for reasons you're aware of.
If we don't see a major change in attitude toward meeting the urgent need to encourage a sector like green hydrogen to provide an export energy product for the use of our international partners, then we may be missing a major opportunity for our industry. The demand is huge. Offtake agreements are the thing. For us, they're the whole ball game.
Mr. Trudel, I'd like to say two things. First, our roadmap very clearly outlines, in four stages, the type of incentive needed to lift the hydrogen sector. It's a marginal sector right now, but it could break out very quickly.
Second, given the current international situation, we should all be extremely vigilant and recognize the rapid paradigm shift respecting the position of hydrogen in the global energy environment.