I just want to point out to Mr. McGuinty that on page 20 of “The Oil Sands: Toward Sustainable Development”, a report of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources, most of his questions are indeed answered. It's the March 2007 report, which was done by that committee. Most of your questions are answered on page 20.
I would like to say that one of the oil sands plants in the area I think has more patents than any other corporation in Canada. They are always looking for new technology.
To answer your question as well, currently I understand that one of the tailings ponds has gone through test projects to reclaim it, and those test projects were successful. I think Syncrude was the corporation that did that.
I'm interested in water reduction. My understanding is that the Athabasca River basin--which of course the city uses for water for their citizens, and many pulp mills use it, as well as many other cities--is seeing a reduction in the flow of the Athabasca River. My understanding of the reduction of flow is primarily as a result of the Athabasca glacier, the icefields shrinking, and less snowpack in the mountains. Is that fair to say?