I think the genesis of the system in the United States was for defence purposes, first of all. This is a judgmental comment, but I think that in terms of fuel products the U.S. takes their security of supply extremely seriously. We in Canada, because we are a net crude oil producer, in the past have taken a fairly laid-back approach to that in comparison to the United States, but the fuel shortage has pointed out that crude oil has nothing to do with the issue; it has everything to do with refining capacity.
On June 13th, 2007. See this statement in context.