I have a quick question, then, leaving off where you've started, and I'd like your comment on this.
I come from as far south as you can go in Canada. Middle Island, for example, is in my riding. This was my first chance to come half a continent to see the oil sands in its development. I admittedly have some mixed feelings about it. One of my concerns, briefly, is the change in topography with respect to the mining operation.
I'd like your comments on the idea of compensation lakes and wetlands, the relationship between groundwater impacts and surface water. There's obviously a permanent change to the topography. It's not going to look exactly as it was. There may be shifts in where the wetlands are located and things like that.
What are the effects in the relationship between groundwater and surface water? If you could comment on that for me, it would be great.