First of all, I'm very glad the honourable member talked about the distinction that exists and what makes Line 5 very different, in that it is operational. In fact, with Secretary Granholm, it is something that I brought up with her. There is broad support along the political spectrum for this project, and I think that is something that she took to heart.
I understand where the honourable member is going, because to some people it does appear contradictory that we would be I think the most ambitious government in Canada's history on combatting climate change, yet I am very proud of the oil and gas industry and very proud of the people who work in it.
I've discussed this with several people, but I was discussing this with the Alberta building trades just this morning, and these are the people we will need in order to lower emissions. These are the people who managed to find a way to extract oil from sand and make us the fourth-biggest producer of oil and gas in the world. That takes an awful lot of ingenuity, determination and hard work.
I can tell you that I am probably living in one of the few provinces that is increasing flights. One flight was just added, I believe, between Deer Lake and Toronto. That is for all the workers who travel every single day and every week from my province to Alberta and Saskatchewan to do their shifts and to do their work in the oil and gas industry in those two provinces, as well as the oil and gas industry here.
Retaining those workers, keeping those workers, is absolutely my top priority, because they are the ones who will lower emissions and they are the ones who are going to revolutionize the energy sector in this country. They are ones who are going to help us lead the world, and they are the ones who are going to help us to lower emissions and to achieve our Paris targets.