International Trade committee  I would be pleased to confirm it in writing.

International Trade committee  If I understand the question, you'd like to know whether we have dealings that are a bit more specific than just looking at large blocs such as Asia and Europe. In terms of the level of co-operation we have on a variety of fronts, absolutely, we have science, tech and innovatio

International Trade committee  I thank the member for his question, Madam Chair. That is a very good question. Right now, because of the energy crisis, we are assessing the availability of gas, electricity and oil. In truth, this question needs to be addressed one technology at a time. In some cases, there i

International Trade committee  I thank the member for his question. Currently, no source is necessarily excluded. Obviously, there is a federal hydrogen strategy. So we are thinking a lot about the use of hydrogen as part of the energy transition, and we are also thinking about other sources. I would say that

International Trade committee  We invest in technologies and industries and we spread our investments across different technologies; it's not all concentrated. We offer them significant support through different government strategies to facilitate partnerships, research, investment and international collaborat

International Trade committee  Since at least 2019 there's been a whole lot of stakeholder engagement. A lot of research has been undertaken and there has been stakeholder engagement to really inform actions to think through what is referred to as the federal battery initiative. It's not a document per se; it'

International Trade committee  Amanda, are you in a position to respond to this one?

International Trade committee  I would like to ask for a clarification. Are you talking about carbon?

International Trade committee  Can I turn to you, Amanda?

International Trade committee  Please.

International Trade committee  Amanda, could you take that?

International Trade committee  There is certainly a dialogue and some collaboration between NRCan and our colleagues at ECCC on the plastic file and some of the issues that you have raised. The lead on bioplastics and exportation is really with them. There's some level of collaboration, absolutely, but I'm not

International Trade committee  I can close, just on circularity.... The circular economy is a file that, again, is under the lead of ECCC, which is looking into these very issues. We're certainly working with ECCC on that file. It would likely be an area that would be relevant to circular economy and to what's

International Trade committee  Sorry, I'm not in a position to answer this one. That would be with Global Affairs. I do want to come back, rapidly, to correct one thing about the collaboration on ZEV. ECCC works on emissions, but NRCan works on codes and standards per ZEV compliance infrastructure, so there i

International Trade committee  I will turn to my colleague, Anna van der Kamp, to answer this one. Anna, please go ahead.