Mr. Chair, I should say that the department has actually had a number of programs that have dealt with promoting renewables. As you mentioned, one of the issues with renewables is the fact that they are intermittent. But the way that we think people will deal with that has to do with things like smart grids, where you start developing an overall capacity for the grid to absorb intermittent power as part of how it actually operates in terms of load management. One of the areas the federal and provincial energy ministers identified as a priority at Kananaskis was smart grids. It deals with things like intermittent power and how you deal with that, along with a whole bunch of other issues.
The other thing I'd mention is that the provinces have really stepped up and promoted renewables, and in a lot of areas their programs are actually much more generous than ours now. For example, I know that Alberta is huge in terms of wind power right now, and if you drive through the southern part of Alberta, you will see field after field of turbines. In fact, it's well-priced power for them out there. It works well.
The question about intermittency is one that you have to deal with in terms of the larger design of the power grid.