Hello, everyone, and good afternoon.
It's nice that you could join us today, Minister. It's always good to hear about the ongoing activity in your department. You're obviously a very busy minister. At this committee, we've studied many different facets of your department and issues that affect it, so we have some insight into what you deal with every day.
I want to ask today, of course, about the support for clean energy for rural and remote communities. Having grown up in Labrador yourself, you know exactly how important it is for us in the Arctic and subarctic regions of Canada and in remote communities to ensure that we have other fuel sources or other energy sources to help reduce our reliance on diesel and fossil fuels, especially in many indigenous communities.
I noticed in the budget that you're requesting $55.9 million. Can you give us an update on some of the new measures you'll be funding through this allocation?