Mr. Chair, I will note that when the minister made his announcement in response to the Auditor General's findings, he did note that the plan is to get funding flowing again very quickly out to the clean-tech ecosystem. Minister Champagne has been on record indicating his profound concern that clean-tech companies have been caught in the crossfire as a result of this issue.
That is a top priority for the new board that has been asked to take on responsibilities. In effect, there are two main responsibilities of the new board. One is to get funding flowing again, but with all the appropriate controls in place. ISED, as the continued holder of the contribution agreement until such time as the NRC takes over, will be applying all the enhanced controls, the management response and the action plans. Effectively, until there's a new structure, the old structure prevails.
There's a new board that's been given very explicit instructions to up their game on oversight. The department has significantly upped its oversight of the organization. Ultimately, this will be transferred to the NRC, and then it will be the NRC's job to administer the funding. In the short term, we do want to get funding restarted, but with a much greater level of probity and accountability as per the recommendations of Ms. Hogan and the various reviews that have been done.