It seems, of course, clear that with this lack of certainty, clarity and predictability in our own framework, it would be impossible for Canada to compete when the competitive country has already deployed all of these measures.
If anybody wants to expand more on the differences between the ITC models as you understand them in Canada, which are exclusionary of certain technologies and sectors, and the U.S. model, I think that would be helpful. You may want to comment, if you do, on the importance of production tax credits and how that might stack up, but what's very clear is the reality that the U.S. has already deployed all these efforts, and Canada can't spiral down a race on subsidies, so therefore Canada has to improve every single other thing in our control.
Given the MLI's comments about the reality that the production of critical minerals and metals in 2022 was lower than in 2019, and also knowing that in Canada it takes anywhere from 10 to 25 years for a mine to go from concept to production, would you want to explain more about how this lack of certainty that impacts the business case decisions of private sector performers will actually hamper the deployment of clean technology, hamper private sector clean investment in job creation, and also, as you've articulated, keep Canada from being able to meet the net-zero goals that politicians promised?