Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd also like to thank you, Mr. DeMarco, and your team for your detailed work on these reports and the recommendations for how our government can continue to improve on our environmental performance.
The first question I have is on the report on carbon pricing which, Commissioner, you mentioned is essential. In fact, it's a linchpin of Canada's climate action.
Five years ago there were some questions about the constitutionality of the Government of Canada implementing a carbon pricing backstop. I think we all remember the so-called resistance. While the vast majority of credible lawyers were of the view that this measure was constitutional, there was some risk that it might not be found so through the judicial system.
With this in mind, Commissioner, I'm curious about your thoughts on whether the Government of Canada may have been extra-flexible in its approach to recognizing the industrial carbon pricing systems of the provinces to ensure that this measure would be found constitutional and cement that finding and that principle into law while giving it the ability to increase the stringency of its standards over time.