Industry committee  Thank you for the question. The net zero accelerator, which is bringing billions of dollars in investments, is one of the concrete measures provided for in the budget. To speed up the development and use of clean technology made in Canada, Canadian industry players that receive

Industry committee  We can talk about criteria, but we have to change our approach. We should be talking about desired results and not criteria. Results bring about innovation and allow us to realize a clear objective. We should abandon the notion of criteria and concentrate on the desired result.

Industry committee  Good morning, everyone. Thank you for inviting me to appear before the committee today. My name is Denis Leclerc and I am the president and CEO of Écotech Québec, which represents the clean technology industry in Quebec. I am currently in the beautiful riding of Saint-Laurent.

International Trade committee  Yes, when Ontario announced its participation, the department, the Minister of the Environment and the Premier of Ontario shared their interest in creating something like that. In fact, this is not another organization. It is an umbrella under which we group together the innovat

International Trade committee  Well, it's a good step. You said $50 million...?

International Trade committee  It's divided by five years. That's $10 million.

International Trade committee  For all of Canada's SMEs? Well, it's a good first step, but I think we need to see how we can optimize that first step. That's why we're promoting a tax credit for commercialization, which is indirect support to commercialize innovation from Canada and outside. I think this typ

International Trade committee  So you have two kinds of companies, one paying tax and one hoping to pay tax one day.

International Trade committee  In the clean technology sector, Canada has what I would refer to as “pockets of innovation” in some regions and provinces.

International Trade committee  In Quebec, we have the benefit of a cluster that helps bring together the entire ecosystem—entrepreneurs, researchers and financiers. That gives an extra boost to the development and commercialization of clean technologies. Last week, we were in Quebec City for a round table on

International Trade committee  That is why—

International Trade committee  It's a way to keep things simple. That method would help simplify matters.

International Trade committee  When it comes to cleantech companies, access to capital is definitely important, but so is access to markets. Cleantech start-ups want to know how they can find a testing ground in order to trial their innovation in a real-life setting. That's why we, at Écotech Québec, really pu

International Trade committee  What we want is access to the markets. It's access to market and access to capital. So how do we gain market access? How can we be at the table when decisions are being made? Increasingly, we are going to see tariff barriers, as well as efforts to counter competition. There

International Trade committee  Thank you kindly, Mr. Chair. My name is Denis Leclerc, and I am the president and CEO of Écotech Québec, a cleantech cluster in Quebec. Unfortunately, ours is the only such company in Canada. I say "unfortunately" because it would be great to have other Écotechs in provinces ac