International Trade committee  Thank you for that question. We were very pleased to see the announcement of the workforce commitments in the fall economic statement. The workforce is one of the strategic priorities for our organization in supporting the training, recruitment and retention of the workforce for

International Trade committee  I'll have to get back to the committee with some follow-up in writing on that. Unfortunately, I can't speak to that off the top of my head today.

International Trade committee  Yes. I'm happy to do that. Basically, the way to look at it is that we have a 2035 net-zero goal right now. We expect that wind and solar will be drivers to getting us to net zero. We see a lot of demand from corporate buyers to go into long-term contracts, especially in Albert

International Trade committee  Perhaps I could jump in as well. I just want to reiterate something I said in my opening commentary about ensuring that we have, especially on the renewable electricity or the net-zero grid 2035 question, not just a program conversation here but also a policy conversation. Prior

International Trade committee  Thank you for that question. I would echo the commentary about the importance of the regional tables for those discussions. Every province is going to have different needs when it comes to decarbonization, specifically decarbonization of the grid. I mentioned earlier that we do

International Trade committee  Thank you for the question. When we talk about the untapped opportunity for renewable energy in Canada, we are really talking about opportunities that exist across the country. Right now we are in the midst of conversations and procurement processes really from coast to coast as

International Trade committee  Yes. The fear for our sector is that the benefits and the long-term policy certainty or the long-term program certainty that comes out of the IRA cause quite a number of our members to have concerns that capital and financing that they require to deploy and operate their projects

International Trade committee  Yes. I would add to that, although it's not necessarily my area of expertise. At CanREA we also would emphasize that there is a very central importance to government funding to support recycling in order to support a resilient critical minerals strategy. We could say that when i

International Trade committee  Thank you for the question. I think that it is really critical to understand the low-cost environment that we are in, in the renewable energy sector. Looking at contracts that have been signed in Alberta via the renewable electricity program, we're talking about $40 per megawatt

International Trade committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, and committee members for the opportunity to provide comment today on the impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act on renewable energy in Canada. CanREA, or the Canadian Renewable Energy Association, is the national industry association representing wind en