Yes, we are in favour of an innovation program specifically focused on electrifying transportation. According to the Speech from the Throne, the budget, Canada's climate plan, and the agreement with the Biden administration, the government wants to speed up the electrification of transportation. In our opinion, having a fund established solely in order to electrify transportation would be a very wise decision.
The criteria also need to be designed so that SMEs, whether in Quebec or elsewhere in Canada, can be eligible, because a number of innovating companies, for example in British Columbia, Nova Scotia or Quebec, want to speed up the electrification of transportation.
Take Taiga Motors, for example. The company was founded by three students from McGill University. They build electric snowmobiles but they had no access to funding of that kind. So they went to the United States to get development funding.
In terms of electrifying transportation, a lot of innovative companies are often startups or SMEs. That's also the case with solar energy and renewable energy. That is why we feel that SMEs should be eligible for programs of that kind.