Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First, I would like to make a comment. When I look at the state of the health care system in the provinces and in Canada, I see that Ottawa has not been funding the provinces according to its means since the 1990s. There is no doubt that it has damaged the health care system. It is not by imposing federal standards that everything will magically be fixed. There is a lack of money because Ottawa is not contributing what it should. I think all the provinces, including Quebec, have been asking for this since 2015. Yet no meeting has taken place between the premiers and the Prime Minister in Ottawa to discuss the refinancing of the health system. When you underfund health care for decades, tragedies like the ones we have seen happen. I do not think standards are worse in New Brunswick, Saskatchewan or Quebec. I think that Ottawa is not doing its job and that it is not funding health according to its means. That was my comment.
I now want to turn to the witnesses to whom I have not yet asked questions, like Mr. Freedman, Mr. Darby and Mr. Harvey. My hat is off to you. I agree with your demands. We will make sure that they are reflected in our pre-budget requests. You raise some very important points.
Because my time is limited, I will ask one last question to Mr. Breton.
Mr. Breton, you talked about many elements related to electric vehicles. We have not touched on off-road electric vehicles, like the snowmobiles made by Taïga. Jobs often depend on these off-road vehicles.
Are electric off-road vehicles preferable to gas-powered off-road vehicles? Should Ottawa invest in this type of vehicle?