Thank you very much.
I'd like to thank our professional witnesses for joining us today and for providing their expert testimony.
Following on the previous line of questioning, I'd like to point out that I think the report clearly identifies that all governments wear this and that you can't talk about just the present. The report also addresses the fact that many of the initiatives that we've put in place do not lead to instant results we'll be able to notice right away. It does take time to build on these things.
I feel that we all have to work together and engage the public, so my line of questioning will look at how we can enhance transparency and improve communication with the public and all sectors of society. Public support of initiatives to mitigate the effects of climate change and reach our climate commitments would be greatly improved by enhancing transparency about our progress towards meeting our commitments and the policy measures that we plan to put in place in the future.
Along that line, I am wondering if you could—and I'll address this to the commissioner—tell us how the federal government could strengthen Canadians' awareness of the climate crisis and the measures to address it. I know in some parties there's some discrepancy as to whether or not this is in fact a real crisis. I know it's certainly not the government's stance, but how can we improve that so we can get the buy-in of all Canadians? It's going to take all of us working together to tackle this problem.