The technology works. The opportunity is proven. The challenge is ours to take on. We already know what this means to our alternative energy, transportation, and agriculture sectors, but I would like to pause for a minute and speak also about the forestry sector and the tens of thousands who rely upon it for their livelihoods. Listen to the Forest Products Association of Canada. Advanced biofuels represent a new lease on life for this industry, and that equals new hopes for communities across Quebec, northern Ontario, much of New Brunswick, and much of the west. We can unlock the green fuel potential of waste wood and by-products. We can create new fuel and more jobs from what is currently discarded as forest residue. This is not only sustainable financially, but environmentally as well.
So let's build upon the partnership we have built together, government and industry. In the process, we can ensure Canada's international standing, not only as an energy superpower, but as a green energy superpower.
Thank you again, as parliamentarians, for your leadership and vision.