In terms of lessons, as I said, I would recommend modernization of the act and specifying more clearly the role of the departmental liaison. Then I'll add a third. We were working on this, but I just want the committee to fully understand how important it is. It's all about the data and the framework that you use to judge the data. You need strong data and strong frameworks to actually assess eligibility requirements and to actually report on the way these are leading to emissions reductions.
I think we were doing the right thing working on this, but I would say that, again—and this is true of all other sectors that are trying to measure climate change impacts—you have to have a baseline set of numbers in order to be able to rigorously assess eligibility requirements and performance.
I have one last point. The other area of weakness that I recognized as I looked at all the testimony had to do with the surveys of the businesses. There was this issue of the businesses not completing the surveys at the end of their technology demonstration. What I knew was that these are very small businesses. They don't have a lot of capacity. One of the surveys—I think it's in the evaluation—remarks that they heard from all the businesses about how onerous this process is. At any rate, how do you address that? I think the department or an agency somewhere in the government could have provided some support to the businesses to help them, again, do their reporting, do this owner's reporting related to the projects.