Thank you for the opportunity, Chair, to speak to this motion.
It's clear that the Minister of Natural Resources would actually be a beneficial witness for the conducting of these hearings into the economic benefits. I know from his speeches, etc., that he is very interested in this particular field. He is the senior minister in Canada with regard to this field, and I'm sure that we as members of Parliament, and all Canadians, would benefit from his discussion with respect to both the economic benefits and the liabilities.
Possibly I should have amended it to include Mr. Julian's language with respect to the liabilities, which also are involved in the exploitation of these particular resources.