He made a point I will ask you to comment on. If I understood him correctly, he said with respect to alternative energy sources that we are so far behind the curve — that was his word when speaking of Canada — that, in his view, we are likely to be adapters and users of technologies that are developed elsewhere, as opposed to innovators.
Si j'ai bien compris, il a dit, au sujet des sources d'énergie de remplacement, que nous accusions un tel retard — ce sont les mots qu'il a utilisés — qu'à son avis, nous allons plutôt être des utilisateurs de technologies mises au point ailleurs, pas des innovateurs.