Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses today.
I guess I'm struck again by the number of times that we in the House of Commons have been presented with the solutions side of things. I imagine future generations will look back at this generation and wonder what we were thinking, why it took us so long to get to talking about community-wide heating solutions, as opposed to what we've been doing, which has been operating one of the most inefficient economies on the planet. The amount of greenhouse gases and pollution per unit of economy that Canada produces is amongst the worst, and has been for quite a while.
I have a specific question, and if it's possible, I wouldn't mind getting a commitment from Ms. Buckley on this. As we go through and study these integrated energy systems, I think it would be insightful for committee members to know what the federal government actually has an effect over. Many of these questions lie in the realm of utilities and in the realm of urban planning, things that we around this table, and the federal government within its powers, just don't touch—or we might do so around the edges. So if your department could give us some insight into what we should actually be talking about, and what we have influence over, that would be helpful.
I'm noticing, Chair, just for the record, that Ms. Buckley is nodding somewhat enthusiastically—I think.