So the dynamic that gets presented that our emissions have gone up, but, lo and behold, our economy has grown as well is a bit of a false presentation. The suggestion that if we grow our economy in a certain way, particularly our GDP, if you want to look at the growth in GDP, particularly with the increase in energy, particularly with that increase coming from the oil and gas sector, that is a certain choice of growth. Our government, if you'll allow me this, used every mechanism possible--not every, but most mechanisms possible--to grow the tar sands in Alberta. It was a choice by the federal, provincial, and private sectors to grow that industry from what was a nascent industry 15 years ago to what is an absolute behemoth now. Those were policy choices. Is that true?
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