Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
I'll start by thanking all four presenters for their excellent presentations. Unfortunately, in two minutes and 25 seconds, I can only ask two questions. I'm going to direct them to Environmental Defence.
I agree with all four of the recommendations you've made today. I want to ask you more specific questions about two of them.
The first one is about the fossil fuels and the elimination of the fossil fuel subsidies. In my riding of Davenport, this is a number one ask for them. Every day they ask about this.
When I talk about this to our government, they say two things: one, that over 60% of the energy in the north is fuelled by diesel; and two, that a lot of the indirect subsidies for fossil fuels are to fund new technologies to actually reduce carbon emissions as oil is being produced.
How do you respond to that? I am trying to eliminate them, but this is what I'm being told.