Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to welcome the three witnesses, whose remarks are very informative. Once again, we have a very interesting panel of witnesses, and I want to thank them.
My questions will be for Mr. Allan, but first I want to wish a happy birthday to our dear colleague, Mr. Bardeesy. I also want to thank Mr. Shipley for the points he made about safety. That is very worrisome and I think that we as committee members are going to have to take a serious look at this to make sure that the government is doing everything in its power to protect all Canadians.
Mr. Allan, thank you for your presentation. You made two recommendations, one of which relates to predictability. I'll start with the second point, which is about the refinancing or recapitalization of the fund. We're talking about the zero emission vehicle infrastructure program, a program that worked well, to my knowledge. The funding is decreasing significantly and the program could come to an end. So you're asking for it to be replenished, recapitalized.
If I'm not mistaken, the government has just tabled its electric vehicle strategy. Did you expect the program to be recapitalized at that time? Is there still hope, in your opinion?