Natural Resources committee  Certainly this is very important for Nova Scotia. I can tell you stories of how Nova Scotia has trained many people for the ocean technology sector, and we've seen them go travelling worldwide outside of Nova Scotia. For the first time in many, many years, we've been seeing those people we trained here in Nova Scotia coming back home to work in a sector they feel very confident in.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. First and foremost, I want to recognize the full confidence that I have in our current board in Nova Scotia. There's 30 years of experience plus a lot of expertise on that board. Certainly, these were conversations that we had minister to minister, department to department and premier to premier, and there were conversations with our board locally on the process to do the amendments to this act to ensure that Nova Scotia will have some say in this, that our voice is still heard at the table and that we can make decisions in conjunction with our federal partners.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and good afternoon, everyone. I'm happy to join you virtually today from Mi'kma'ki, the traditional territory of the Mi'kmaq people. I'm pleased to have this opportunity to speak about the importance of Bill C-49 for Nova Scotia's transition to clean energy.