To export that technology, you don't need pipelines, in fact. We don't want to hurt this particular part of the oil and gas sector, which exports around the world, which has a world-class reputation, in which Canadians are developing world-leading technology to make oil and gas extraction more efficient, more safe, more healthy, more environmentally sensitive.
I think it would be a real shame, Mr. Chair, if here in Canada we excluded capital expenditures and hurt this very important sector of the economy which, as everybody in this committee knows, is creating jobs all across the country.
Those big tires that are on the trucks that carry bitumen with sand are made in Nova Scotia. We know that the jobs come from all over the place. It's very important that we not exclude capital expenditures from eligibility for the SR and ED tax credit.
Thank you.