Of course, I had to focus on the issue of natural gas development, having spoken before the bureau of environmental public hearings, or BAPE, as part of its study on the GNL Québec project.
I learned that, from an environmental perspective, there's no comparison between Russian gas and Canadian gas.
Contrary to what your colleague said earlier, it's totally false to say that the LNG manufactured in Saguenay would have been [Technical difficulty—Editor] because it comes from the oil sands of Arthabaska and northern Alberta. That's why the BAPE rejected it and why the federal government recently rejected it as well.
Operating costs are much lower in Russia, where natural gas doesn't come from oil sands. It's extracted through fairly standard methods in places where it's found in abundance.