Mr. Knight, you say that builders have the technical know-how. I was teaching building techniques to the fathers of today's builders in the 1970s and 80s. In other words, they have had the know-how for a long time. That is not the problem. You also spoke about the cost of energy. However, in Sweden and Norway, energy costs 5¢ per kilowatt hour. The Swedes launched projects in the 1980s, and now they're building entire cities. Housing projects have been developed in certain areas of the northeastern United States, where energy is inexpensive. Would you not agree that the issue in Canada is a lack of political will?
At the time of the Trudeau administration, solar-energy projects, amongst others, suddenly mushroomed. The next government, however, introduced cutbacks, and the one that followed it, Mr. Chrétien's administration, slashed funding even further. It would seem that the current government is going to leave the matter to the private sector. That is not acceptable. In order for such projects to be successful, we have to at least foster an attitudinal shift so that people realize they have unmet needs. We have a responsibility to the whole world, but in order to live up to it, we need political will.
Do you agree with me?