Yes. A year ago, almost to the day, Health Canada released a report on the overall economic cost of air pollution, an estimated $114 billion per year. That's an astronomical number. People don't realize how much air pollution is all around us, and that a significant portion of it comes from transportation. Over 50% of carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide emissions, or NOx, come from transportation, and cars, along with light and heavy-duty trucks, account for 20% to 30% of those emissions, depending on the type of vehicle.
So, if air pollution can be reduced by moving towards light and heavy-duty electric vehicles, the costs could help create jobs in the electrification of transportation. We have several manufacturers of electric vehicles in Canada, Ford and Chrysler in Ontario, for example. British Columbia has some. Manitoba has New Flyer. Quebec has Nova Bus, Girardin and Electric Lion. So, many companies do it.
That's one aspect of the economic interest.
The other aspect is that, in reducing air pollution, we reduce health costs by tens of billions of dollars. That is an extremely important aspect of the transition to electric vehicles.