Thank you, Madam Chair.
When I first proposed this study on the green recovery several months ago, I was really looking forward to helping our government find a way forward, and to hear from as many witnesses and experts as possible in order to make sure we did things in a responsible way, but that we got the job done.
Obviously, we're looking at a moment in history where we have a unique opportunity to build back better, because of a pandemic. It's an opportunity we don't necessarily have presented to us all the time.
Today we heard many of our witnesses express some concerns, and express some of the consequences we can face if we go about this the wrong way. Obviously, we want to get to net zero emissions within the next decade or two. However, I'm hearing that our natural resources sector could definitely suffer if we were to go about this the wrong way. We don't want to be dependent on any other countries in the future, so we need to come up with a plan. We need to really measure and make sure we do this the right way.
What are the things we should be taking into account when creating a green recovery plan? How would we assess that this is the right way to go?
Mr. La Salle, you talked about the natural resources that we have here in Canada, and you said that foreign companies are buying up our resources and using them.
Given that the goal of the Government of Canada is to become greener in the future, what would you recommend to them in that regard?
Transportation is a huge reason for a lot of the air pollution we have. If we hope to get to a place where we only use electric vehicles, how do we leverage this? How do we take our natural resources into account to make sure we have a sustainable path forward?