Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Hello, Minister.
First, I would like to thank you and the senior officials for being here today. I also want to highlight the progress that you and your team have made in implementing the calls for action that fall within your mandate.
Now I'll turn to English, which is much easier for me.
First, I want to thank you for all the work you've done for millions of Canadians in reducing our emissions and fighting climate change.
I'd like to turn to some issues that have perhaps a broader impact on that topic. I'd also like to acknowledge that my fellow committee member, Lloyd Longfield, isn't here today. He has done so much work on this and has actually prepared the questions that I am asking on his behalf.
The first question I'd like to ask is regarding the net-zero accelerator initiative. In particular, in these estimates there is a transfer of $1.26 million from the Department of Industry to the Department of the Environment. I'm wondering how specifically that is going to be used, because this is obviously a very important initiative in reaching our climate targets.
Thank you.