Natural Resources Committee on June 13th, 2006

[Christian Vachon]

Very briefly, if I may add, one of the advantages of solar energy, either to produce electricity or to produce thermal energy, is that it is decentralized. So you don't have a grid. That's probably the best thing you can have, in terms of being decentralized and also in alleviating the grid that's already there. That's one of the things that they find is working superbly in Germany. Plus, if you look at defence and energy security, both of these aspects are covered by the absence of a grid.

[The Chair, Conservative, Lee Richardson]

Thank you.

It is now past one o'clock, so I'm going to have to adjourn.

Thank you very much for coming.

My sense is that you've aroused significant interest in the committee. It's likely that we'll want you back for more depth.

Thank you very much also for the decks. For those who haven't had an opportunity to go through them all, there is some great information there that they weren't able to get to in the presentations today. I'd recommend to all the members that they have another look at the information provided to us in hard copy.

Again, thank you very much for the time you've given us today. We appreciate it.

We do have some committee business, but I think that as it is after one o'clock, it's probably best to roll it over. I sent out a request for discussion on the questioning times for the committee members because we were having a tendency to go over our times. In any event, I got lots of input, but only one notice of motion. That is from Ms. Bell. We could deal with it right now, but my sense is that there is enough interest in it that we may want to spend more time on it. Since it's after one o'clock, I'd like to roll it over to the next meeting, if that's agreeable to the group.

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Conservative, Lee Richardson]

With that, then, I will adjourn to the call of the chair.