Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge for his leadership on this file.
Last week, I was in beautiful British Columbia and saw first-hand the diversity of this innovative economy, especially the vibrant clean tech sector.
The member opposite has highlighted the leadership role that B.C. is playing in clean tech, with the number of companies, the number of jobs, and these are good-quality jobs that, on average, pay $84,000. That is why our government invested $58 million in clean tech jobs. This is about addressing the problems of tomorrow and creating good-quality jobs today.