Thank you so much, Chair.
Thanks, gentlemen, for coming.
What I'm hearing very clearly is clarity, simplicity and certainty. We are dealing with the biggest economic transformation since the Industrial Revolution. We could go at it blind, but we're beside the United States, and that big sucking sound you hear is investment going to every part of the United States.
I want to start with you, Mr. Melo.
For your members, in terms of certainty, one of the important things in certainty is making sure that we have political certainty. I'm looking at headlines: from July 2022, “Alberta is...Canada's renewable energy capital”; from December 22, “Alberta is in a solar...gold rush”; and, from July 9, “$160 million in new...solar projects” announced in July in Alberta. Then Danielle Smith put on the moratorium and the next headline says, “$33 billion in investments...at risk”.
We now have learned that in two months there has been a 20% drop in solar projects in Alberta. I think that in any industry a 20% drop in two months would be a very serious kick in the face. How do your members see that?