Since Mr. Liepert is a former cabinet minister in the province of Alberta, I would definitely agree with him.
If you want to take a look at how many people's jobs are affected by oil and gas, look at the unemployment rate currently in the province of Alberta. We are sitting north of 7% in a province that two years ago was sitting at 4.9% and where we had areas in the province that were sitting at an unemployment rate of 2.9%. That's your answer right there.