Thanks a lot.
Ms. Sharpe or Ms. Thaker, on the line of questioning from the NDP first, we know the funding that went towards your organization. We are worried that the federal government's urge to cut everything, sometimes without substantive research, could have an impact in the future. We will just put on the record that we believe that whatever the government does in terms of its deficit reduction and sometimes misplaced spending, we see investment in clean energy as the right thing to do.
In terms of that, to make it possible for your industry to be in the Japanese market, what needs to be done to add value and create jobs at home? Trade for trade's sake is one thing. Trade agreements are important, and they open up opportunities. What needs to be done to make it possible, from a company side in Canada, for us to develop that clean energy and clean technology?
You say in your conclusion here that Canada's clean technology sector leads global innovation. In my experience, Canadians are great as innovators. We are, but we're damned poor at commercialization, so how do we get to the commercialization point? What needs to be done from the government's perspective, in the trade agreement and beyond the trade agreement, to make it possible to develop companies and have success in that marketplace?