My specific question was about product promotion, whether we're talking about energy products or other products. We're aware of other government agencies who provide support. The figures I just cited, the half billion dollars for Australia, the $125 million for the European Union.... The United States' product promotion just for the cattle industry is $60 million. Those are all product promotion funds.
That's really the intent of my question, to get to the bottom of product promotion beyond the trade commissioner network, which obviously is underfunded, as trade commissioners have told me repeatedly when I've gone around the world. They can't even buy a cup of coffee for a potential client of Canadian products or services. There's underfunding on that side. There's very clearly underfunding on product promotion. So when we talk about market diversification, that's a key starting point: what the government is not doing now.
Mr. Labonté, you talked a bit about expertise. We haven't gone too much into renewable energy and expertise. A lot of countries that have a very robust renewable energy strategy or a green energy strategy—Germany is one, with solar power. Denmark, with their extensive wind turbine research and development and production industry, has developed an expertise for export markets.
I'm wondering to what extent NRCan has a green energy export component strategy, based on expertise, or whether there's involvement for NRCan in green energy and export development even on the basis of studies or looking forward to the future—the provision or promotion of Canadian expertise.