I don't mean to cut you off, but my time is very short.
If possible, I would like you to provide us with an organization chart so that we can see how the process works when an independent scientific committee, or people with the expertise to understand the technical ins and outs, assess a project.
I am saying this because I saw what was announced by Capital Power. Let me tell you about a meeting I attended with the minister himself in Berlin.
When we spoke to the representatives of the large German corporation Siemens, they made it clear to the minister that, in their opinion, hydrogen made from gas using carbon capture and storage technology was not viable. First, it costs a lot more. Perhaps the government could agree to reduce the cost by paying a portion, but they said they felt the technological risk was much too high.
Personally, I think the people at Siemens have the expertise. They have the technological expertise to produce hydrogen. If a private company considers it to be inefficient and doomed to fail, I don't understand why the government is investing massive amounts of public money in it.
I would like to understand the basics, and I will end on that note. I would like to understand how NRCan analyzes the feasibility of these projects and I would like to know who these people are who have the technical knowledge needed to give you advice and opinions.
If you could get back to the committee with that information, I would really appreciate it.
Thank you.