I understand very well what you are saying. However, your emissary, Preston Manning, published an open letter in the Globe and Mail yesterday, if I'm correct, in which he wondered what was happening with "dirty oil."
Oil from tar sands is of course a potential fuel, but perhaps a fuel that would be less polluting than coal. In view of that, do you agree with what your predecessor, David Anderson, said on February 14, 2002—that Canada could obtain clean energy export credits if it exported oil from tar sands to the U.S.? Do you believe that Canada should be recognized because it contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States?