International Trade committee  What we're doing on clean tech is specifically working with companies to understand their priorities. We're doing that collaboratively. We have a group across the departments that are represented here working directly with industry, talking to them about their priorities. We're a

International Trade committee  The approach we've taken so far, at least in the number of years I've been in government, is to focus more on how we drive specific technology areas within sectors. For example, road maps have been developed by Natural Resources Canada in areas like SMR development.

International Trade committee  I'm not sure I would say there's a philosophical issue here, sir. I think the philosophy we sought to apply is that it's for industry to tell us what they need, not to tell them what we need.

International Trade committee  We can certainly provide it to the committee.

International Trade committee  Perhaps I can start, and then my colleague in Natural Resources can comment. I'm not an expert in this space, but I assure you that NRCan, ISED and Transport Canada are working very closely in this space. In our view, we're looking for an integrated value chain, from the early p

International Trade committee  There is no integrated plan. It is something we're working on collaboratively with the intent of developing an integrated approach from first development of minerals through to vehicle production.

International Trade committee  I can't speak specifically to that, because I do not work in automobiles, but I am certain that there is regular communication by NRCan, ISED and Transport Canada with industry on all these issues. Perhaps I could ask my colleagues in NRCan to speak a little more about the miner

International Trade committee  The short answer would be, sir, that we are collaborating very closely. We have regular communication among all the people who are here on this call. I think we're at a point of dramatic industrial transition, so helping companies understand things like net zero and understand w

International Trade committee  My apologies. I have no specific information in this space and have not been dealing with the issues around the U.S. market.

International Trade committee  Thank you for the question. I'll start by saying that the clean-technology sector across Canada is undergoing a transition. We're starting to see companies scale, but the majority of them are still quite small but highly dependent on export markets. There have been two key piec

Natural Resources committee  Certainly, sir, I believe we're already on the path of seeking to do that. With regard to my background, I've been in various governments throughout my entire career. I've focused most of my career on energy development issues, and I've worked specifically in clean tech for two

Natural Resources committee  As an industry department, we tend to look at things from the perspective of commercial outcomes. Our view is that achieving commercial outcomes is critical to the success in policy areas like energy efficiency and the reduction of carbon emissions. When I take a look at the ch

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Chair. My name is Andrew Noseworthy, and I am the assistant deputy minister responsible for clean technology with lndustry, Science and Economic Development Canada. With me today is Gemma LeGresley, acting director of the clean growth hub. We are here today because