Thank you, Minister.
Something that, as you know, is very important to me and members of our caucus and most members in the House, except for the climate deniers in the Conservative Party, is efforts to fight climate change. A key part of our government's work to fight climate change includes building new renewable energy projects. This is enabled, at least in some part, by the smart renewables and electrification pathways program, something it wholeheartedly supports.
Can you share with this committee and Canadians who are watching what the program does, why it's important and why Conservative members and their leader, in your view, are trying to stop this funding?