Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
And thank you to all of our witnesses here today.
I believe Professor Lahey was here as a witness earlier in our consultation process speaking to a comprehensive submission on gender-based budgeting. I just want to get on the record that every proposal that goes to the Minister of Finance has a gender-based analysis included. I wanted to share that with you.
Ms. McInturff, I appreciated your submission, and I'm glad that you pointed out that women are not a special interest group and have similar interests and concerns as the other half of the population, which actually affords me the freedom to direct my questions to Mr. Egan and the Canadian Gas Association.
I understand that the Saskatchewan Research Council is involved in some technology research around new combined heat and power technology using natural gas. What I'm wondering is, what is the involvement of your industry and possible involvement of the Government of Canada in that? With this going on already, why would more assistance be required on energy efficiency?