If we compare the solar energy lobby in Canada—if there is such a thing—to the lobbies for conventional sources of energy, you can only burst out laughing. So that is a first point.
Have I taught you anything about solar energy this afternoon? I imagine I have. This option is not being considered by Canada at the moment. We are going to show it off, and people will think it is quite cute. I don't think the solar energy option is being considered widely in Canada.
Nuclear energy, for its part, received a lot of subsidies in the 70s, if I remember correctly. However, I have no figures to prove that. The industry is more well-known throughout the world, and that is why we are hearing about this again. If we stop for a moment to consider the potential offered by solar energy and what could be done, I think this option would be considered.
I do not think that decision-makers are necessarily familiar with solar energy. You have to give us an opportunity to talk to you more about it—and that is what you are doing here this afternoon, and I thank you for that. In Canada, the industry is in the embryonic stage, if we compare it to what exists in other countries. If a trade mission were to be organized, for example, and a number of you went to see Intersolar or other major trade fairs in Germany, I think you would all be surprised to see how far advanced the industry is. It is incredible, I swear. You would be surprised, and you would come back delighted.
It is really an issue about the lobby and the size of the industry. It is like the chicken and the egg. At some point, someone has to make a decision. The cycle has to start somewhere, and then solar energy will grow. The Canadian Solar Industries Association is made up of small industries that really do not have the—