Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our officials who are appearing as witnesses today. It's always a pleasure to see you again, Mr. Verheul and Mr. Grant.
I might start with you, Mr. Grant. I have read that in November 2020 Premier Kenney said that the death of Line 5 would be “devastating” and that anybody who wants to cut off Alberta oil and gas exports would be “brain-dead”. One week later, Governor Whitmer took legal action to shut down Line 5.
In your experience—your obviously extensive experience and expertise in Canada-U.S. relations—was a statement like that by Premier Kenney helpful?