Hydrogen certainly represents an important opportunity for Canada and certainly for regional economies across this country. The Edmonton conference was very exciting because there were thousands of people there engaged in this conversation about the commercialization of hydrogen.
Hydrogen is an energy carrier that can be used as a non-emitting fuel in a whole range of applications, such as transportation fuel, electricity generation, heating and a range of industrial uses. Over the past three years, NRCan has been engaging with stakeholder groups, provincial and territorial governments and indigenous partners on a hydrogen strategy that will set us on a path to meet our climate change goals. It will position Canada as a world leader in the use and the export of clean hydrogen.
We have been working through the clean fuels fund, the Canada Infrastructure Bank and many others. It is certainly a critical part of the regional economic discussions we are having right now.