Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ladies and gentlemen, I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you. Welcome to your House of Commons.
I was paying careful attention to your comments that were meant to highlight high technologies, which are business opportunities, as we have always recognized. That is why our government implemented, a few years ago, the Canada ecotrust for clean air and climate change program, which has been pretty successful: $1.5 billion in contributions enabling businesses to reduce their environmental disconnect or bill—we can say both. That was our approach. We were helping businesses be more effective and energy efficient.
I would first like to turn to Mr. Béland and Mr. Leclerc.
What do you think gives entrepreneurs more incentive? Is it punishment because they produce greenhouse gas emissions or, on the contrary, helping them produce better to reduce those emissions? Is punishment the best method or, on the contrary, is it the encouragement to produce better?