Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
My thanks to all the witnesses for joining us today. Your presentations were very interesting. I would like to be able to ask everyone questions, but unfortunately, I do not even have 15 minutes in order to do so.
Ms. Couturier and Ms. Voyer, thank you very much for your presentation. I would like to emphasize that taxing sugary drinks is also a recommendation of the World Health Organization. I think it is important to point out the international consensus on this.
Mr. Bouchard, thank you for your presentation. I also thank you for sounding the alarm that Canada is lagging behind in research. I think we all have to be aware of that situation and we must come up with some action about it. Not only are we in danger of lagging behind other countries and being less competitive, we are also in danger of seeing our young minds going to work in other countries because they are no longer able to do so here. Thank you very much; I say well done to ACFAS for all the work it has been doing for years.
Ms. Guimont, I am going to continue along the same lines as the questions you have been asked previously.
In Quebec, we spend about $15 billion on petroleum per year, though the province is a major producer of electricity, clean energy that belongs to us and that makes us all a profit. It is absurd to continue along the same lines, not only because it goes against the objectives of the Paris accord, but also because it is making us poor.
Your movement interests me a great deal. We produce electricity in Quebec and they produce automobiles in Ontario. You talked about a number of things: federal government communications, incentives for consumers, and accessibility. In the foreseeable future, is there any hope that we can successfully produce an electric car here at home?