Okay, thanks, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to all of the witnesses for being here today.
Stephen, I noted that you said one of the biggest opportunities would be in the non-residential sphere, and I was very glad to hear you mention the opportunity in natural gas. It is a particular challenge in Nova Scotia, though, so I have a question for you about those details.
I think it makes good sense for you to say that, of course, because the majority of life-cycle emissions come from tailpipes, and 28% of emissions come from the transportation sector, and I think another 6% beyond that from coal-fired electricity, clearly, transitioning diesel and gasoline-fuelled vehicles to natural gas, and also electricity generation to natural gas is a huge opportunity and a no-brainer for Canada, with almost limitless natural gas supplies.
I am concerned in Nova Scotia's case, in particular, with the decommissioning of offshore natural gas development. Within the next two years, I think supplies there are supposed to end. Of course, the barriers to Nova Scotia's shale gas and other conventional gas opportunities are precisely government policy and legislation. I know there are potentials for LNG opportunities out of Nova Scotia. There are some estimates that it would help reduce the costs for Nova Scotia consumers if Nova Scotia is put into a position where there's a lack of local generation of natural gas instead of having to be brought through a pipeline from western Canada, from the United States.... I think an incentive to develop natural gas and adopt natural gas would be obviously removing high fuel taxes off of natural gas.
I wonder if you could expand on what you meant by that and what sort of opportunities you see there.