Natural Resources committee  Certainly in Asia Pacific.

Natural Resources committee  From a technology point of view, I think it's a much broader landscape. Our neighbours next door still offer tremendous technology opportunities for Canadian firms to operate. If you take the oil and gas sector, Canadian expertise on flaring, exploration, development, the seismic

Natural Resources committee  There is no funding, no.

Natural Resources committee  Certain parts of that question are rather complex. It is, however, true that a very large number of projects have been proposed and that the markets will indeed determine which ones are carried out. So there are more projects than the market is able to handle, yes. It is complex

Natural Resources committee  Internationally, I think Canada is viewed by any other country as extremely favourable. I don't think there's a country in the world that has the assets we have from an energy point of view. Most of my colleagues who I speak to at the International Energy Agency Governing Board

Natural Resources committee  That's a great question. The discussion is ongoing at a number of levels. There are cabinet and government directives, as well as the decision-making process addressing relationships and international affairs. At the same time, we have our Foreign Affairs focus on international

Natural Resources committee  I wouldn't say that was the case. There are specific activities happening within our department. Some of them involve the minister and others involve the deputy minister as well as senior department executives. In addition, the international offices have cooperative agreements wi

Natural Resources committee  I believe the north has tremendous potential for energy and resource development, and I think there have been a number of different projects in different parts of the country to look at that. The degree to which those things have access to infrastructure depends on where they are

Natural Resources committee  That's a good question. I'm not sure we could forecast GDP growth and percentage of it as energy out that far, but we could certainly maybe give the committee some examples of where it has been. Just like mutual funds, I'm not sure I'm ready to predict where it's going to go.

Natural Resources committee  But I think we could give you that.

Natural Resources committee  The projection takes into account the Sable Island and the Nova Scotia gas projects, which are expected to end at some point in the late 2020s should they not reach new fields and have new production.

Natural Resources committee  We can probably connect with the mining sector in Natural Resources or they may be invited to join you. I'm not sure that I quite follow you, but are you thinking about areas where there's economic development potential and there isn't electricity delivered for it?

Natural Resources committee  My colleague from the electricity branch says he can help to respond to that.

Natural Resources committee  I guess it depends on the type of project, the type of infrastructure that's required, and what kind of programming is available in different federal departments. Natural Resources Canada does not generally fund infrastructure development activities. It's not generally in the man

Natural Resources committee  The analysis is extraordinary in terms of the rates of growth, China and India being primary drivers of that growth. In terms of reference points, perhaps I can use natural gas as an example. China is growing at such a rapid clip, but the point at which they're growing from is