Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, gentlemen. This is a really important discussion.
Since the Ukraine war, we've seen massive investments in Europe to move forward on clean tech and get off Russian oil and gas. Since the Biden administration came in, we've seen $240 billion in clean energy, $70 billion in the electric vehicle supply chain and $10 billion in solar manufacturing. There's a real concern that, if we don't move quickly, we are going to be left on the sidelines as those investment dollars move into the United States.
Mr. Jovanovic, is the Department of Finance looking at this with a sense of urgency? I know Mr. Kruger from Suncor believes the urgency is Suncor making as much money as possible. Other Canadians think the urgency is dealing with the climate crisis.
Does the finance department believe that getting these tax credits out quickly is an urgent matter?