Thanks, Dan, and committee members.
I'm the director general of the office of energy research and development.
As Dan said, it really depends on the types of technologies you're talking about. Obviously, with some types of technologies, it's more important to have consistent standards and regulatory measures that span borders than others. One would be EV charging, for example. That's obviously an area where there is a benefit to have common standards across North America.
In other areas, we do work closely in partnerships with our relevant American colleagues. There are obviously a number of industry partnerships that happen at the company or industry association level. We also engage in collaboration with our partners in other governments around the world. A good example would be the U.S. Department of Energy, for example. NRCan has had ongoing relationships with the Department of Energy, and MOUs in that space in a number of areas, over the past number of years.