Thank you, Chair.
I'm going back to the theme of AI and AI data centres.
You mentioned in your opening statement that Canada is going to an electrified economy, that we need to double the Canadian energy grid in both generation and distribution and that, as Canada transitions to this electric economy, there will be significant opportunities in industry, transportation and buildings.
We're talking about energy sovereignty, and part of that energy sovereignty is also our industrial or economic sovereignty. If we consider that Canada is releasing our sovereign AI compute strategy and that AI systems are, and will continue to be, an integral part of Canada's economy—there are significant electricity needs for data centres for that AI compute capacity in Canada—what might be the best practices for the energy needs of data centres? How can we make sure that Canada does transition to the cleanest, most effective energy in the world for the sovereignty of our economy?
