Just to add to that, I've been invited, as a member of the accounting standards board, to work on federally updated accounting standards across Canada for crypto assets and crypto accounting, so there is some action happening. It's very positive, especially for public companies, to see that on the accounting side the regulatory body is looking at this seriously and is looking at giving guidance to auditors and to companies. If we could find more areas of government and government interaction, I think this would really help Canada move forward.
I would say that Canada should take this on itself first, before looking to its favoured partners. We could set the example by getting control of this, understanding it, talking it out and figuring out what regulations make the most sense to develop this industry. If you bring on a lot of other partners, you do get a lot of extra knowledge, but it is slow, and the movement of the financial institutions that are involved in crypto, crypto businesses and this whole new industry is very fast.
As Mr. Morphy said, the median age is 33. We can't find enough IT developers to meet the demand in many parts of the industry, This industry is going to move quickly, whether Canada wants to or not. I think there is a bit of urgency in getting national policies, national regulations and a national path forward.
I was encouraged to see that the federal government put out a very good policy for clean energy across Canada and that provinces put out their policies as well. It would be great to see something similar with digital assets and where that's going to go in the future.