Hon. Rosa Galvez: Minister Alghabra, welcome to the Senate.

Transportation is the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, accounting for one quarter of Canada’s total emissions. The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development found in their 2022 report that Environment and Climate Change Canada and Natural Resources Canada used different assumptions and approaches and came up with different numbers for modelling hydrogen production and use in Canada.

Your government set targets for zero-emission vehicles, light-duty vehicles and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. To what extent are you considering green hydrogen as a fuel for low-carbon transport, and which department’s modelling results are you using in your policy design?