Thank you, Madam Chair.
Mr. Subramaniam, as a former board member of Invest Ottawa, I agree that companies need a lot of support for scaling up.
Mr. Peter Zebedee, 20 years back I worked in Qatar, obviously not in the LNG industry. I know the importance of LNG and I have seen the growth of the LNG industry. In fact, I was a tiny, minor shareholder of the first LNG project in India. I look forward to your first shipment.
Back then, 20 years ago, I used to wonder why, since we had so much natural gas, we were not setting up LNG plants. I'm glad yours is coming up. I look forward to many more coming up.
Mr. Pocard, in Qatar, 20 years back, I hosted a seminar on futuristic technologies. The two technologies I chose then were, one, nanotechnology in materials; and two, hydrogen fuel cells. I had a Fuel Cells Canada executive come down to Qatar and make a presentation. Since then, even now, hydrogen fuel technology is almost within reach. What I heard then, I'm hearing even now. I know Ballard has gone through ups and downs. It was the most valuable company 21 years back. Still, you are the supplier of 3,400 trucks and buses. It's good, but it is still not there. I still hear the same thing as before: It is just a couple of years away from major transformation.
Anyway, with my limited time, I have questions for Mr. Allan.
I'm glad to know about what you're doing on the charging side and your exports to the U.S. As you may know, our government has invested funds in the recent budget to develop and implement the codes and standards for the retail of zero-emission vehicle charging and fuel stations. Obviously, we are proposing to do this in coordination with other international partners.
With your background in this and with your exports to the United States—and I'm not sure whether you are exporting to Europe also—are you facing constraints because the codes and standards are not the same across the world? Do you foresee any problems that will curtail export from companies like yours?