Thank you.
Earlier, Minister, you opened the door concerning Export Development Canada. Indeed, under the Glasgow commitments, Export Development Canada must stop funding projects at the international level. However, in its most recent report, which dates from just a few weeks ago, Oil Change International noted that Export Development Canada was still funding projects in the United States, in the amount of $7.5 million. Someone is going to have to clamp down on Export Development Canada someday.
According to all credible sources, such as the World Energy Outlook report, the International Energy Agency and the IPCC, investment is needed in the fields of energy efficiency and renewable energy. This is what is important if we are to address the energy crisis, not investments in oil, gas and fossil fuels.
Canada has provided exceptions to the Glasgow commitments. I have not seen other countries do that, in everything I have read. It has provided a national security exemption, ongoing support for natural gas, and false solutions such as carbon capture and storage and hydrogen that is not green.
Why have these exceptions been made?