Through the chair, thank you very much.
First of all, we will share with this committee our net-zero strategy. I assume that will happen, if it has not already. We shared it in the past with the minister's office and with ISED, of course, which we deal with most directly.
Let me talk about that element. I agree with you. There's no reason that Canada should be behind in terms of its transition to net zero. Right now most of the focus has been on very large companies. That makes a lot of sense when you think about how they're the largest emitters.
In order to compete in North America, we have to help those SMEs. Most of the 90,000 manufacturers in Canada are small and medium-sized, family-owned companies, which are either part of a supply chain, provide one part or one ingredient or sometimes just serve a regional market. They need help to transition.
The funding that's currently in the net-zero accelerator fund should be extended so that all manufacturers can adopt technologies. On top of that, we think that Canada is in a position, because of our history and our experience in the energy sector, to be exporting that technology.
I think you're absolutely right that this is an opportunity we can't afford to miss—and let me finish with this—especially when I think about the Inflation Reduction Act in the U.S. We may not always like the U.S. and how it approaches these things, but when it sets its mind to it, it does an incredible job. They have put a huge package of incentives at the federal and state levels to try to use those incentives to bring that technology along. I think Canada has an opportunity to do the same. We're not too late, but we can't wait.