Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm no doubt going to suggest to the clerk that, in future, he send us the witness list together with their biographies and a list of their publications and, with that, perhaps as well a list of awards...
Let's get serious. I think Quebec currently has a plan called the oil dependence reduction plan. Quebec is often cited as an example with its greenhouse gas emissions control plan.
Among the people invited to this committee, we've seen people from the industrial sector, chemicals, the automotive sector and energy tell us they've considerably reduced greenhouse gas emissions since 1990. However, the total, overall result is 28 percent. A 28 percent reduction, plus a six percent reduction objective relative to 1990 brings us to 34 percent.
My question for our guests is as follows: if we have oil dependence reduction plans and we invest considerable amounts to develop the oil industry in western Canada, isn't that contradictory, in terms of Canadian policies?
Mr. Bruce, you seem to want to answer me.