Thank you for your question, Mr. Ouellet.
I wanted to clarify first the forecasting of the water take from the river. The Oil Sands Developers Group that did the forecast on water requirements specifically looked at a dry period, because it was a dry period when the water management framework would kick in. So that 16 cubic metres per second as a peak was for a very dry period. As such, the major source of water in a dry period is the river, and not other precipitation sources.
I recognize your question on the potential effects of climate change on the Athabasca River flows. It is currently unknown whether or not climate change will increase or decrease the flows. There has been some discussion that summer flows would be expected to decline in a warmer climate, and the winter flows might actually increase. However, I am not a climatologist. I would note this is one of the things being discussed in the phase two process that is looking at another water management framework, or a phase two improved water management framework, for the Athabasca River. So we will be taking a look at potential climate change scenarios and how we might manage that.
Thank you.