Mr. Speaker, I have a petition which states that there is an unequal division of federal subsidies between non-renewable and renewable energy generating sectors.
The petitioners state that an immediate shift of a major portion of funds from AECL to the renewable energy sector would stimulate this industry thereby making it able to meet a huge pent up demand from consumers for domestically produced photovoltaic and wind turbine components. Coupled with tax incentives, this would help create uncounted thousands of new long term jobs.
The petitioners are calling upon Parliament to realize the immediate benefit of clean energy generation and job creation in light of Canada's commitment to agenda 21 and to act in this regard without further delay.