Natural Resources committee  Basically, it means we have to build and maintain a resource that is capable of delivering 800,000 barrels a day to the gulf coast. I would very much like to build that.

Natural Resources committee  It would be jobs, security in terms of social programs, and the ability to fund what we do, to train a subsequent workforce, and to have economic security for North America. Those are pretty laudable goals. We still import oil in significant amounts. Maybe we don't have to do tha

Natural Resources committee  Well, [Inaudible—Editor] knew there are a lot of people who don't like us and our way of life.

Natural Resources committee  My experience in life is you do less with less. If you want to give people more responsibility and expect a higher level of service to serve Canadians better, resource it.

Natural Resources committee  The fracking example isn't a fair one, because some people say that fracking does cause this and other people say it doesn't. There's quite a divergence in opinion on that. If the pipeline ruptures and your lower forty is filled with oil, it's not as difficult—

Natural Resources committee  Yes, well...

Natural Resources committee  You need to have an interest in order to pursue a lawsuit, a direct interest. I cannot sue because someone has done something bad to someone else or has done something bad to the environment, because that is not my interest. If they flood my farm, then I have an interest.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, but that's been coming over the course of years in any event.

Natural Resources committee  They're remotely operated; no one has to drive out to them.

Natural Resources committee  I'm going to take the coward's way out; I'm going to think about this for a little bit. There were three or four things that I thought, yes, could be clarified, but you asked for our top two. I would like to think about that and give you a reasoned answer.

Natural Resources committee  We have a submission. The translator was a little later than he normally is.

Natural Resources committee  You know, there are a significant number of jobs that were done here in Canada in the last little while, which most people don't pay much attention to, that are in the multi-billion dollar range. With the whole issue of whether the jobs are so big that we need to have different

Natural Resources committee  You know—

Natural Resources committee  —and the best tradespeople, too.

Natural Resources committee  I would say that the way in which pipelines are monitored and the technology that is used have significantly changed as a result of Kalamazoo.