Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank our witnesses for their excellent testimony.
Mr. Chair, as my colleagues are probably aware, the emissions reduction plan that will get us to 2030 and 2050 is being released as we speak by the Prime Minister in Vancouver. Some of my colleagues may have seen an op-ed by ministers Guilbeault and Wilkinson, saying that we need to use all the tools in the tool box.
The ERP, as it's called, has some prominent references to carbon capture and underground storage. I'd be interested in the views of the Canadian chamber, as well as our friend from the CLC, on carbon capture and underground storage.
As a little bit of a frame, can it be viewed as a technology development initiative? I'm not the biggest Brad Wall fan in the world, but former premier Mr. Wall was talking about this five and seven years ago and saying that it could be particularly advantageous in China, which burns coal and needs this kind of technology. There's also a national unity element. I'm from the west, and this is a sensitive issue in the west. I'd be particularly interested in an amplification by the chamber on that issue.
Mr. Rousseau, I know that the building trades are very supportive not of only pipelines but of CCUS. It would provide employment for some of those 70,000 workers who are dependent upon oil and gas. I wonder if we could have some comments from the two of you on this emerging technology, which the International Energy Agency says will trap 10% of our global emissions.