Thank you very much
And thank you for being with us today.
I'd like to start with Mr. Coulombe. You were listing the top priorities for NRC, and I was surprised that cleantech wasn't one of those priorities. As a country, we're a significant energy producer. We're a country with a very high carbon footprint. We're moving into a global carbon-constrained economy. As such, it's going to require new technology to go from traditional conventionals to clean conventionals--cleaner oil and gas, CO2, sequestration, as well as alternatives. You mentioned biofuels briefly and some research on the cellulosic side. But why is cleantech not at the centre of your focus in the coming years, particularly given the economic opportunities, or risk if we don't act to develop those technologies in Canada?