Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I have a table in front of me entitled “Canada's Energy Mix”. There is something in here that bothers me. You told me earlier that in any sector, whether we're talking about natural gas, electricity or oil, the price is set according to supply and demand.
However, on this graph, for all production sectors, including natural gas, oil, electricity and cold, total production amounts to 16,705 petajoules. We import 3,144 petajoules, and primary sources amount to 19,849 petajoules. As for final demand, either residential, commercial, industrial, transportation, or agricultural-related, usage amounts to 8,457 petajoules.
If we are producing 19,000 petajoules and using only 8,000, that means there is a surplus. Why are we not seeing lower rates for electricity, natural gas or oil? In the case of oil, I understand; it's because there is a world price. But why are we not seeing better prices for our resources, if we produce more than the current demand?