Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Just like with Smarties, I saved the best for last.
I have a quick question for Mr. Langlois-Bertrand. In your opening statement, you said that costs and technological constraints would make it difficult to achieve our emission reduction targets, especially in the oil and gas sector. You also said that sector should be putting forth the most effort. I want to point out that the Minister of Environment and Climate Change recently stated his intention to phase out fossil fuel subsidies by 2023, calling them inefficient.
As we know, the devil is in the details. What, then, makes a subsidy efficient versus inefficient? I don't want to put words in the minister's mouth, but my sense is that Canada is about to provide financial support for strategies such as green hydrogen production and carbon capture. However, there is a basic principle when it comes to environmental measures, the polluter pays or bonus-malus. Therefore, activities with a low carbon footprint should be rewarded and those with a large carbon footprint should be discouraged. In light of that, could you comment on federal government investments in hydrogen and carbon capture strategies?