Certainly this is very important for Nova Scotia. I can tell you stories of how Nova Scotia has trained many people for the ocean technology sector, and we've seen them go travelling worldwide outside of Nova Scotia. For the first time in many, many years, we've been seeing those people we trained here in Nova Scotia coming back home to work in a sector they feel very confident in.
This is going to be a huge, changing spectrum for Nova Scotia as we get into the green energy spectrum. This is something that's going to change the landscape in Nova Scotia. It's going to change the economic abilities of Nova Scotia in the years to come. This is something we need to see take place very quickly. As I said in my opening remarks, we can't wait a long time for this to move forward; we're waiting at hand right now.
I will just touch on a previous witness's statement. I've been watching the committee very closely. Unfortunately I didn't get to see Monday's statements, but with respect to what our government has done, I think our history in the last two years has set a standard for what we believe in. In our province we have legislated some climate change goals. They're not just things we've stated; we've legislated them. We've seen different disasters; we've seen heavy floods in our province, and we've seen massive forest fires in our province, which we've dealt with right here within my department. I think our history speaks for itself. We have a legacy behind us. We're going to action our plans and move forward on our commitments.