I'll take the question at a high level first, and then my colleague Trevor will come in with very specific examples of how we do this.
First, let me say that overall at NRC, our mandate is basically that everything we do falls into three categories. Our mandate basically is threefold. First is developing new knowledge, so pushing the boundary, developing new knowledge for Canadians and for Canada to be at the forefront pushing the envelope. Second is business innovation, helping companies. It's working with companies, directly with them and for them, in projects to make sure that the technology transferred is adopted and their technological level is increased. Third is our public policy mandate.
We are addressing the energy questions in all three parts of the mandate, but quite specifically in terms of our public policy mandate, our role is to develop data to support our colleagues in Environment and Climate Change Canada, basically providing evidence, providing data, doing the basic underlying research and development work so that they have good solid evidence to make good policy decisions.