I really appreciate seeing the consensus here that the answers to meeting the world's insatiable demand for energy—China and India—needs an energy mix, combining conventional energy with new and alternative energy.
What is the potential for Canada to become a global leader, particularly in the area of clean conventional energy? Given that we are already a leader in conventional energy, that seems to be area where we ought to be putting a significant amount of focus, whether it's in carbon capture and storage, sequestration technologies, or coal gasification. In 20 years we're still going to see coal being a significant part of the global energy supply.
What is the role for Canada to develop, export, and commercialize the technologies to develop cleaner coal technologies and cleaner mining, cleaner extractive sector technologies?