Thank you very much.
Thank you to the witnesses.
If I understand correctly, it sounds like we're all in violent agreement that Line 5 is critical to Canada's economic and energy security by being the only major pipeline for Saskatchewan oil, with 70% of Saskatchewan oil transported by it. For Alberta we're looking at 400,000 barrels a day. It represents 53% of Ontario's crude oil and 66% of Quebec's. It's a critical supply of propane, diesel and jet fuel for eastern Canada and has many other critical economic and energy impacts. Canada is highly vulnerable and at great risk if anything happens to interrupt Line 5.
We're lucky, it seems, that at the moment the shutdown is a diplomatic decision, and therefore diplomacy might be able to solve this problem. However, it doesn't negate the fact that we're at risk if anything happens. Sometimes other forces like tornadoes or other impacts could affect this line.
I'd like to ask each of the witnesses if this should be a wake-up call. Should Canada be looking at an alternate approach that would protect Canada's energy security so that all of our eggs are not in the Line 5 basket, but that we could protect energy security in Canada for this critical resource from east to west?