Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you so much to our witnesses.
The committee has been studying integrated energy systems, and I'm sure the members of the committee.... I certainly am impressed with the integration of the legislative framework and the cooperation that appears, on a strategic basis, to be between local authorities, transmission operators, and the other levels, the regional or provincial or whatever the equivalent levels of government are in both Germany and Sweden. I'm very impressed with that.
You have talked about the technology matches with residential and industrial parts of the economic sector. Are there any patterns or examples of how transportation, public transit--intra-urban, inter-urban--fits into the integrated energy format in both countries' experiences?
Mr. Chairman, as part of that, in Canada, in specific urban areas, there is a large environmental drive to electrify our old systems, diesel-driven systems and so on.