Thank you, Geoff.
The International Energy Agency does regular monitoring of the energy efficiency performance of countries in its purview, so 18 or 20 countries. The latest statistics show that Canada was the second most improved in energy efficiency over the past two decades, second only behind Germany. We were number five, out of 17 or 18 countries, in terms of implementing what the IEA considers is the gold standard of energy efficiency in a country. This is assessing Canada as a country and our energy efficiency performance, not just the federal government, just to make that clear.
My branch tracks the energy performance of the economy. Our latest statistics show us that we have improved energy efficiency in the economy by 25% over the past two decades. That was worth $32 billion in energy costs that we didn't have to spend due to energy efficiency in 2010.
I just want to make one factual point on the recommendations that were made. We have implemented a model national energy code for buildings. It was published in 2011. It was 25% more stringent than the previous model code.
This was work that we led, with our colleagues at the National Research Council and all the provinces and territories together, over a period of about four or five years. Now every province and territory but one are implementing that. The savings associated would fire up the Tim Hortons across Canada five times over.
So there are really significant energy savings associated with that.