I have a couple of comments.
On energy efficiency, we certainly would agree that it's important for a variety of reasons to be as energy efficient as we possibly can. It certainly has environmental benefits, and trying to be efficient with the energy we use actually has economic benefits as well.
I would caution, though, that just because there's nothing in the supplementary estimates (B), or nothing substantive, you can't ignore the fact that there is actually a lot of funding that goes into energy efficiency initiatives. Indeed, in 2011, the ecoENERGY efficiency program was funded to the tune of I believe $190 million over five years.
The objective of providing that funding was for the purpose of trying to increase energy efficiency. Whether it's in buildings or houses, that was funding the government has used in that vein. That was five-year funding, which will be coming up for renewal, and there'll be another opportunity to assess whether to spend that money and how to spend that money. But certainly there's a big part of our activity that we're engaged in at NRCan and that is trying to fund technological advances and other avenues for getting greater energy efficiency.
In terms of results, one study I saw looked at Canada and said that we're actually the second leading country in terms of energy efficiency improvements over the last number of years. Now, we have a ways to go, and I'm not declaring success, but it does indicate that in recent years we have made some efforts to improve our energy efficiency.