You presumed I would speak English, Mr. Chair.
You were right. After all, our witnesses are, for the most part, anglophone, I guess.
First of all, I want to thank all witnesses for coming today. Some of you have come quite a distance, and I'm sure we all appreciate it.
And I want to reassure Mr. Nickel that although downtown Ottawa may not be a farming area, some might say that Parliament Hill is no stranger to manure, so I wouldn't worry about using the word.
In this study we're interested in highlighting the kinds of things you're all involved in, but we're also interested in looking at and understanding what the barriers are in terms of the federal government. What barriers are there that need to be removed, and what should the Government of Canada be doing to accelerate the use of renewable energy or the use of integrated energy systems across the country?
With that in mind, I'd like you to comment on the federal stimulus package. Do you think it's doing enough in terms of supporting integrated energy projects? What should it be doing differently?
There are really a bunch of questions in one.