Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I much appreciate what you are saying. Indeed, government assistance is required and that is where these questions are leading. The government's help could be much greater. Twenty-five or 30 years ago, the government provided a lot more help to the solar energy sector. That is obvious.
You stated that government buildings should be the first to be refitted so as to provide examples of efficient solar buildings. The Confederation Building, next to the one we are in, still only has single glazing. The federal government is far from setting an example, but that is what it should be doing.
Mr. Shields, you mentioned the National Building Code, which is very important. It is somewhat limited to say that we are building net-zero energy homes. These are always small original and isolated houses, whereas we should be building gigantic zero energy consumption buildings. All of these buildings and multi-dwelling projects should also be net-zero energy.
Could the code be assessed? We have an energy code. The National Building Code includes a section on energy, but this section is not revised often enough, nor as in-depth as it should be. What do you think?