Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome to our witnesses here today.
This is a fascinating group and it's a fascinating discussion. We've got a dynamic here that we don't often get.
I can't help but ask the question to Mr. Pineault, that.... You know, if you look at 18% to 20% of the Canadian economy being based on the extractive sector, oil and gas in particular, I appreciate what you're saying that we really do need to look at that sector like a gold mine. Some day the last of the gold will be mined out of the ground. However, that's a long way away, so I think we have some time to plan for that. But I can't help but ask, if Toronto and the Toronto Region Board of Trade has 20% of the gross domestic product of Canada, we've got the same problem, with a big urban centre. If we had a catastrophe of any kind all of a sudden, there's 20% of your economy down. I'm a bit of the devil's advocate, but I just wanted to get that on the record.
I do have a specific question. Why don't we look at our extractive sector like a gold mine and then mine that last piece of gold out of the ground, and do it in as sustainable a way as possible? I think the oil and gas sector would agree with that.