Thank you, Madam Chair.
I must say that I was a little nervous with the data trust to track people, but hopefully it will be a long time before that happens.
In the discussion this morning, we've heard about plastics versus no plastics. We've heard about responsible resource development versus no oil and gas, no pipelines—even though there are pipelines going in all over the world. Ethically produced oil versus ethical coffee is something I talk about.
Our push for electric vehicles, of course, results in a push for mining in Canada. My concern is the “not in my backyard” mentality, where we're going to have activists who will no doubt be against Canadian mining interests when we get to that stage. It's easy to talk now about how we should be able to build batteries and storage. It is very critical.
Again, as someone who was a schoolteacher for 34 years, I think it's important that we prepare our children, not scare them. I think that's something we should be taking a look at.
To Mr. Lyman, there's a lot of public information concerning environmental damage that would result from a transition to sources of energy like wind and solar. Mining for raw materials, as I had mentioned, is going to increase. We've had to build and expand a whole new infrastructure made from hydro dams and wind farms. Do we believe it makes any sense to turn our backs on the traditional sources of energy? What are other countries like the U.S. doing? Are they abandoning their fossil fuels?