Natural Resources committee  Taxpayers? It will be taxpayers or travellers or a combination.

Natural Resources committee  At that time, I'm sure I was referring to the pace of the oil sands approvals. Every time a company announces a $10 billion project, for example—which is commonplace in this region—it draws a population that comes with it. What we're not capable of managing is what happens when p

Natural Resources committee  Again, when you look to the increasing population—and we on our part had a doubling of population—any facility that would have been in federal jurisdiction would have experienced what every other association in the community has experienced. You only have so much space, so much s

Natural Resources committee  Again, when you have more people than capacity in anything.... I can go to a Tim Hortons lineup—which was a joke from my member of Parliament—but, seriously, we've had to reconfigure how they go through a Tim's line so they're not blocking traffic flow on our two streets where th

Natural Resources committee  I would say that is accurate. When I look at the census numbers that we give for the region, I said there were 104,000 people in 2010. The federal census tells me that it was 65,000 for that same period—or I guess their numbers are for 2011. So there is a dramatic difference for

Natural Resources committee  I got up at an hour that's unusual for me, but everybody else in Fort McMurray gets up at that time.

Natural Resources committee  I do population anticipation. I would say that in the next 20 years, I'm looking at a population of about 230,000. The population itself is divvied up between those who live and remain in the region versus the ones who come in for a temporary work assignment, if you will. There a

Natural Resources committee  I'm going to do it from the perspective I had when I was just a kid getting into the workforce. At the time, our leaders in the organization were Eric Newell and Jim Carter. Eric was passionate about being able not only to employ first nations individuals but also to give them th

Natural Resources committee  I would say it is, absolutely. One thing is starting earlier in the schools. They have something called the registered apprenticeship training program. If students are interested in pursuing trades, they get the first year of their journeyman certificate as they complete their hi

Natural Resources committee  I didn't. If I don't get home until late tonight, I won't see them for a day.

Natural Resources committee  Can you see my Starbucks cup?

Natural Resources committee  It was a while back, but yes, I recall them. Again, the only difficulty for me in this region is making the direct correlation. So the programming certainly is an enhancement.

Natural Resources committee  That would be, yes.

Natural Resources committee  I would say that they all are, yes.

Natural Resources committee  They're needed. Yes.