So Canada's solar energy industry has great potential, but the solar thermal industry is now at a crossroads, and we need the federal government to partner with us. Federal leadership will support Canada and its provincial governments to achieve our sustainable economic development goals.
CanSIA's most urgent recommendation is that the ecoENERGY programs for solar thermal technologies be reinstated. Jobs have already been lost, and capacity and momentum are diminishing. Each cycle of boom and bust makes investors more apprehensive and signals that Canada is not open for the solar business, while the rest of North America is poised to be wide open.
On behalf of Phil, myself, our members all across Canada, and all of the Canadians who are benefiting from and support the use of solar energy, we respectfully request that the federal government continue to invest in our industry so that we can continue to grow and benefit the Canadian economy, its environment, and its communities.
Thank you.