Environment committee  Thank you very much. We do indeed make sure that we are getting these technologies to market, and we do that in a number of ways. Specifically for batteries and other advanced transportation technologies, you would expect to see greater market uptake with things like fleets and

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and committee members. I'm delighted to have an opportunity to speak to you today about a subject which I am very passionate about, and so is the team at SDTC. I would like to draw your attention to the materials we've handed out. We'll address t

International Trade committee  We've also taken some money, some interest income that.... People look at our financials and it's very easy to misunderstand. The money that's in there is committed, so we obviously place it in very advisable, non-risk investments, and some of that money has been made—

International Trade committee  It's $590 million.

International Trade committee  That was last year's budget submission, and that is correct in that detail. However, we are actually proposing that we utilize less money but deliver the same results. We haven't made a submission yet for this year.

International Trade committee  That would be correct for 2012, yes. We haven't done anything for 2013.

International Trade committee  It's that budget, yes.

International Trade committee  No, it's not.

International Trade committee  I would say that we are bound by various constraints in our funding agreement and we had foreseen a future that was, if you like, much the same. What we've been doing since then is seeing how we could further leverage. In fact, we believe that we have a better plan, a superior on

International Trade committee  —but I have arrangements with industry to leverage it.

International Trade committee  I'm sorry.

International Trade committee  I think one can arrange to make sure that in dealing in a businesslike fashion, one can see returns and benefits to a country without it having to be written down explicitly. I think you're referring to the FIT program in Ontario, the feed-in tariff program. There was some langua

International Trade committee  Yes, we do. Thank you.

International Trade committee  It has actually been modified. We have signed a new funding agreement with the addition of that $40 million in the prior 2011 budget. We are now able to allocate that, and we will fully allocate it by the end of the year. We may disburse funds from now to mid-2017, because we hav

International Trade committee  I don't think there's a structural issue. It would be better if there were removal of the tariff barriers, but because we are shipping in equipment that is heavy-duty equipment, it attracts tariffs. We're at the stage where we haven't gotten that far into the market, so I'm afrai