I would just interject by saying that the fastest way to ramp up electricity production in a way that's lower carbon than conventional coal is through natural gas. Canada has 30 trillion cubic metres of natural gas reserves. Nigeria has maybe six billion cubic metres. We have more natural gas than the entire African continent, and that's a surefire way to increase electricity output. That's why, when Ontario closed its coal-fired plant in Nanticoke, it replaced a lot of that coal-fired generation with natural gas plants throughout the province of Ontario to fill in the gap.
We have an opportunity here to ensure that Africa doesn't become reliant on coal, like China has, in increasing electricity output and contributing massively to global emissions. Gas has about half the greenhouse gas output per kilowatt hour produced that coal has.
I think it's something that needs to be incorporated into the government's approach to Africa. As I said, Africa is short on energy and Canada has the third- and fourth-largest reserves of oil and gas in the world. I think it needs to be part of what the government is doing in Africa.
