Thank you, Chair.
Welcome to all of our witnesses. Bienvenue.
I want to pose a couple of questions to Mr. Ferguson of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
About a year ago now, I ran in a byelection in Victoria. I suppose the principal plank of my platform was an opposition to the Enbridge northern gateway project, for which I found literally zero support in our community.
My question is directed at you.
I was at a rally in Vancouver at which there were a couple of thousand people last weekend. It was one of 130 rallies across the country opposing this project among others. One thing that someone said struck me as poignant. They said, "The cabinet may give the permits, but the population gives the permission."
My question for you is, if Enbridge were to continue in the face of opposition by both non-aboriginal and aboriginal Canadians, would CAPP support that position, if they got the permit from the regulator?