Natural Resources committee  Thank you for the question. I'm for Natural Resources Canada here. Again, budget 2022 announced the $3.8 billion to implement Canada's first-ever critical minerals strategy. Obviously, there will be significant engagement in the development of that strategy. It's looking at providing funding on a range of industrial activities, from geoscience to exploration to mineral processing, manufacturing and recycling applications.

Natural Resources committee  I'm happy to take this one for Natural Resources Canada on the just transition. Thank you for the question. We certainly accept and are actioning the audit's recommendations. I think it was narrower in scope and limited in the time involved in terms of the audit itself, but we're certainly looking at....

Natural Resources committee  I'll have to defer to my finance colleagues on this question.

Natural Resources committee  With respect to the green mining innovation, the work that's happening is really about working closely, as I mentioned earlier, with provincial and territorial governments, industry, academia, non-governmental organizations and any other interested stakeholders on ways we can improve the mineral sector around its environmental performance and create green tech opportunities.

Natural Resources committee  I'll just say that some measures have been announced around the just transition in terms of creating more sustainable jobs in a low-carbon economy. There are measures around the emissions reduction plan, some funding through budget 2021 and the recent creation, through the fall economic statement, of a sustainable jobs secretariat.

Natural Resources committee  I'm not in a position to answer that today, but we will follow up with that information.

Natural Resources committee  We certainly recognize the important role of the mining industry in driving our country's economic prosperity, while also ensuring environmental stewardship and protection. We have a strong and very robust regulatory system for mining through environmental impacts, but we recognize that investments in innovation are certainly very key.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for the good question. With respect to electrification, there is certainly, as the member mentioned, more that needs to be done for the electrification of the entire grid. I think one way we're trying to get through this, as I mentioned in my introductory remarks, is with the launch of these regional energy and resource tables, whereby we sit down with our provincial and territorial counterparts and agree on the most critical pillars on which we want action in order to really achieve our goals for 2030 and 2050 in terms of GHG reduction.

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely, and we'd be happy to provide you with a list of projects that are being funded through that program. Basically, the program is about advancing smart renewable energy and grid modernization projects to enable the future of the clean grid, so it's very key, to your point, in terms of electrification.

Natural Resources committee  If I may, Chair, the Department of Finance actually has data that we can certainly follow up with in terms of unemployment, GDP and exports as they relate to the energy, forest, mineral and metal sectors. That data is available, absolutely, for 2021 and for earlier years as well.

Natural Resources committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and dear members of the committee. My name is Dan Dufour. I'm with Natural Resources Canada. It's a pleasure to be here this afternoon. I'm joined by two of my Natural Resources Canada colleagues, Nada Vrany and Monique Frison, as well as a number of other federal colleagues, to share our perspectives related to federal assistance for the natural resource industries.

International Trade committee  We have the Clean Growth Hub, which is the entry point for small, medium, and even large businesses to direct them to federal funding for clean technologies. This is the place to go for that kind of information. It's a collection of 17 departments and agencies that support clean technologies in one way or another.

International Trade committee  Go ahead, Amanda.

International Trade committee  I don't want to expand too much on the trade commissioner service. That is clearly with my Global Affairs colleagues, but I do want to say that we have been working extensively with the trade commissioner service in part by making sure that the relationship is strengthened between the TCS and NRCan in the various fields where we think there are opportunities for growth, or where we want to help some of our industries export their technologies and their expertise.

International Trade committee  All right. I understand your question now. This issue would probably fall more under our colleagues at Environment and Climate Change Canada. It would also perhaps fall under Global Affairs Canada, but primarily under Environment and Climate Change Canada.