Hearing both parties present today reminds me of an instance about 10 years ago. In another life, an organization I worked with convened 20 deputy ministers in a room. We co-hosted a meeting with the then-Clerk of the Privy Council, Mel Cappe, and it was a full day on energy, the north, sustainable development, and environmental concerns.
At the end of the meeting, a very insightful business executive was asked for his response. He said these were very enlightening, very important, very informative sustainable development strategies across the board—eight cross-cutting elements—but he had one question: who's in charge here?
Mr. Bloom, Ms. King, as you look to navigate your regulatory responsibilities and project promotion responsibilities, and to overcoming red tape responsibilities, as you've described them, at the end of the day I've concluded from your testimony that there is no overarching energy/environment interface that you're operating under except what is reduced to regulation.
Who is ultimately in charge of guiding the overall exploitation of Canada's non-renewable resources in the north? Who is in charge?