I have heard it all now: the Liberal Party and Liberal members standing up for the oil sands and the Northern Gateway pipeline.
Their policy is against the Northern Gateway pipeline, so all those patents that we have in northern Alberta wouldn't happen if the Liberal Party had their way. The bluntness of the position that they put forward is unbelievable, but I will say this. When we heard testimony earlier, about a week ago, I asked Mr. Cook, I think it was, this very question as to what would happen with the money that was taken off the SR and ED tax credit to improve SR and ED, and it was that it was going back into direct funding. Any money that would be saved from these amendments by the government would actually go directly back into direct spending, so there are no cuts here. There are no changes as far as the money that goes into R and D is concerned. It's just simply a matter of a reallocation and a streamlining.
I really appreciate your standing up for Alberta and the oil sands, and I would appreciate if you would talk to your leadership hopefuls about doing the same.
Thank you.