Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to ask a few questions on a couple of different topics. I want to continue the forestry theme a little, specifically around energy, biomass, and that type of thing.
One of the things that came up a lot in the consultations with some of the communities was a significant interest not only among companies but also among small groups within communities to develop community energy solutions, if you will, in their communities. In some cases, as we all know, one of the major costs for our forest group is energy cost, and one of the ways they see of getting it down is through the use of biomass—if it can be burned in a clean way, obviously.
I would like your comments with respect to whether, through either the clean energy fund or possibly even through the community transition fund, something like that would be available. Is the department thinking that way: that funds would be available for communities to pursue development of these projects and potentially capture the heat and pump hot water, for example, through the systems of the municipalities?