Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson, P.C., M.P., Minister of Natural Resources: Let me just start by thanking the honourable senators for having me here today. I acknowledge that this session is taking place on the ancestral and traditional territories of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg people.

Thank you, senator, for the question. I would actually challenge one of the things you said at the very beginning, in that most forecasts say we will gain far more jobs than we may lose through the process of the energy transition.

I would also say that many of the jobs that we will see in the future, such as in the production of hydrogen or biofuels, from a skill set perspective, do not look much different from the types of skills that are required in the existing energy sector within this country.

But we are working on the discussion around the just transition. That includes an economic plan for a future economy that will be prosperous and strong in the context of a lower‑carbon future. It is also about adjustment in cases where there is displacement of workers, like coal-fired power plant workers. That is certainly something we’re working on, and we intend to introduce legislation in the new year.