That's correct. Once again, if you compare the situation to that of the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors, the benefits aren't there. In fact, our presenter — an independent commentator whose name I forget — told us that the Canadian sector didn't have the capability to deploy certain technologies. He gave us the example of wind energy. In his opinion, we'll still be depending on the oil industry for roughly 100 years because our renewable energy sector — and I'd say the efficiency sector as well — currently does not have the capability to deploy, to implement these technologies on a major scale. Consequently, if our objective is energy self-sufficiency and less dependence on a sector that apparently needs this kind of tax benefit, we should instead invest in renewable energies and energy efficiency.
On February 27th, 2007. See this statement in context.