Thank you, Chair.
I was expecting to take the next round, but I'll gladly take this round.
Thank you all for coming. It's good to see you all.
Mr. Scholz, I want to remind you about the national energy program the Liberals introduced back in the seventies and what a great resounding success that was. I would like to say as well that when we talk about a national energy program, we have gone far beyond that, I think, as a government. We've proven it. I think you'd probably agree, too, that when we talk about gas, we need markets. And especially for the gas you refer to, in northern B.C., transportation is going to be the biggest issue.
The route we are closest to, of course, and we are closer than anyone, is to the east: Japan, Korea, and China.
Although Mr. McGuinty is correct in saying that the Chinese have huge reserves—I think they're the second largest in the world—they still have to manufacture all those pipelines. We have this window of opportunity, don't we, that we can...?
Again I say that rather than talking about an energy program, we're already moving in that direction. One of the things we have acted on is one project, one review.
I wonder if you could just comment on that and tell us how important that is.
