Thanks, Chair. I appreciate that. I'm happy to be here.
Thank you to all of the witnesses for giving their time to us today. I certainly agree with a comment that Matt made earlier about Canada's economic advantage, really being invested in the diversity of energy, resources and mineral resources that we have in every province in the country. Certainly, I think governments should take a “both-and” approach rather than an either-or approach. The success of all of these industries is inextricably linked. That is perhaps no more the case when it comes to the oil and gas sector and innovation in clean tech.
Tim McMillan. I just wonder, first of all, if you want to sort of set the facts straight when it comes to so-called subsidies for the oil and gas sector in the Canadian context. Then also maybe you could expand on the reality, which is that of course among private sector investors in Canada, annually, consistently, the biggest investors are the oil and gas, oil sands and pipeline companies in Canada. Therefore, this is inextricably linked to ambition and aspiration.