Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you both for coming today.
Mr. Scott, we arranged this weather for you so you and I would both feel at home today here, although usually, of course, it's tropical in Halifax, so this is really unusual for us.
Mr. Whittaker, you talked about the fact that basically nobody can apply now to the ecoENERGY renewable power program, although the funding goes to 2017 and is committed, and the application period theoretically goes until March of next year. Really, it's totally used up. I'd like to ask you about that as compared to the U.S. program. You got into that a little bit, but I'd like you to expand on that.
To what degree has the program accelerated the development of alternative energy sources? And do you think the government should consider extending the program and expanding it?