I'm Joanne Thompson. We've met, but for the record, I'm the member of Parliament for St. John's East. I'm a Liberal.
I want to ask questions of all of the witnesses. Thank you so much for coming.
I want to make the opening comment that, for me, there is no doubt we're in a climate crisis. I don't know that any of us could ever have predicted how severe it is and how urgent the action required is. Also, we have evergrowing geopolitical crises that I think are making this even more difficult. Apart from the human scale, there's the need for us to move forward with the clean fuel shift in every aspect of society to meet the realities of the targets we need to make to reach net zero.
I'm going to start with you, Mr. Leet, and then I'll go to Mr Templeton.
In the next six minutes, could you speak about what it is that makes Newfoundland and Labrador quite unique in how we're able to lead the 21st century in a movement to clean technology? We're part of the Atlantic, and I think that the opportunities within the Atlantic provinces are significant, but Newfoundland and Labrador has a very unique position here.
Mr. Leet, if you could, speak to the opportunities. You listed some of the challenges, but tell us if there's something else you would like us to know.