Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank the witnesses for their preparation for this meeting and their time today.
Of course, we are proud of Canada's energy system. Internationally, Canada is a leader; we are among the top energy producers and consumers in the world.
As two of today's witnesses also mentioned, Canada needs more data. I don't think we've had a witness who hasn't said that. We are talking about data that go back 50 years, not two and a half years. We've heard a lot about the need to establish an independent system, as the U.S. has. Politically, however, that's hard to put in place because it's so expensive. Setting up a national energy centre would be hard on a political level, given that certain parties don't want to invest in something like that.
If we stay in the realm of a more independent system, is there another model we could adopt?
On both sides, people seem to be rather inflexible in their ideology. There is no moving. Be that as it may, we don't have enough data.
If we don't create a national research centre, what can we do in the short term to create a better system and enrich our capacity, possibly in conjunction with Statistics Canada, the National Energy Board, Natural Resources Canada, and other organizations?