Thank you.
I think in this moment with the crises that we're facing, whether it's the commercial trade war led by President Trump, whether it's the increasingly devastating and frequent impacts of climate change, including the heartbreaking summer we've just had with thousands of Canadians being displaced, folks in cities choking because of smoke, as well as the affordability crisis that I think we're all feeling, they are intersecting. The inflation we're seeing, as was mentioned earlier, is systemic. It is part of a very volatile fossil fuel-anchored energy system. One of the opportunities we have, in terms of transforming our economy as we seek to reduce our dependence on exports to the United States, a large share of which are oil and gas, is to invest in sectors that are less sensitive to volatility, whether we're talking about renewable energy or electric-based technology. The sun and the wind cannot be controlled by a belligerent world leader. They also are much more affordable. Technologies like heat pumps, energy efficiency, better insulation, electric-based vehicles, e-bikes, etc., are also less costly and can help us in the face of a cost of living crisis.