So when former Premier Lougheed says that we should stop here and take stock, we should not only look at the effects on the ground in the immediate vicinity of the expansion but also, for example, at what's going on in Washington today, where the Americans are now focusing on shale gas and are talking very aggressively about converting much of their energy grid and system to natural gas. When the Chinese are finding massive shale gas deposits in the southeast of China and talking about double tracking a pipeline to the industrial heartland of China, wouldn't that have a bearing on the pace of investment and development in the oil sands?
On June 5th, 2012. See this statement in context.