Thank you.
One of the other reasons I wanted to be on this file is because I've lived through unjust transition where we lost the silver and iron economy in my region. We didn't just lose 1,000 jobs, we lost restaurants and grocery stores, and we saw family breakups. The transition was U-Hauls leaving in the middle of the night; I've seen that in the communities.
What concerns me is that we have so much potential right now in the west for the transition. We're looking at the energy sector that has lost 17% of its jobs, and we're expecting additional losses of 10%. Yet, in the clean energy sector, we're seeing growth. We're seeing huge geothermal potential in places like Jasper, and we have so much expertise.
Ms. Smith, can we talk about the potential and the transition of actually starting to invest in clean tech? What does it mean in actual economic terms for sustainability in communities, because if we don't put in these investments now, they're going to suffer from the real effects of an unjust transition?