I understand that, but I think it's important, because there have been a number of questions about this in committee.
You know, the Government of Canada did have that legislative authority. It was part of the 1980 budget, in the national energy program. That program was abolished in the 1980s. Since then the free trade and free market approach has been reinforced through the North American Free Trade Agreement.
So the Government of Canada doesn't have any legislative authorities to regulate, to ordinarily and normally regulate, the supply of upstream or downstream crude oil or petroleum products in Canada. It's just a point of information for the committee because I think it's helpful.
Go ahead, Mr. McTeague.