That's a really good question, because one of the things that I think gets missed in a lot of the noise we hear, in the House of Commons especially, is that climate change and not taking action on climate change have a real cost right now. You can see it in the cost of food. One of the largest impacts on the increased cost of food is climate change. It happens when there are droughts and when there are floods. All of these types of things impact the cost of food as we move forward.
Beyond that, there is also a competitiveness moment for this country, and Canada has a real edge. Nine of the top 100 clean-tech companies are based in Canada. We are second only to the United States in the number of companies on that list. There's a real moment, and if we don't meet it, we lose economic opportunities for our country. That is something that we need to consider.
When we put forward the climate competitiveness strategy, a big part of that was making sure that we were creating certainty and predictability for industry so that industry can go to where the global economy is going, and the global economy is going to net zero. When I was at the G7 and when I was at COP30, that kept on being reinforced. If Canada wants to be able to have a space and to lead in that economy or even to be able to access diversified trade markets, making sure that we have sound climate policies here is important in being able to reach those opportunities.