Mr. Speaker, it is absolutely without conscience to suggest that this amount should be invested in alternate energy.
The government can invest in other forms of energy in numerous ways. However, without question, there needs to be greater investment in that area. Only by properly investing can the government present itself as a government that is serious about dealing with some of the issues that are out there, that it is really serious about improving things for the future.
The number of jobs that could be created through that investment would be excellent. It also would be something for which Canadians could be proud. It would be something we could hold up to other countries.
Germany has invested far more in wind technology than has Canada. Let us look at the size of Canada and the availability of resources that we have to use alternate methods.