Thank you very much for your presentation.
Page 2 of the document you submitted to us provides an overview of the oil sands and problem issues. We share your analysis of the issues.
What surprises me, Mr. Brown, is that you spoke about the labour issue separately from all social problems. However, members are increasingly being made aware of social problems. It is true that labour is a problem, but you still have to house, feed and care for employees. It seems this aspect is somewhat absent from your presentation. That's my first comment.
The purpose of my other comment is more to congratulate you. In the first point on page 10, I see that Natural Resources Canada's role is to see to the development of a Canadian energy policy for sustainable development. I'm pleased that a deputy minister has filed a document that clearly states that.
I attended a briefing session yesterday. The official referred to the responsible development of natural resources. I suppose that can be attributed to the lack of time given them. We far prefer the expression you use in your capacity as deputy minister: “sustainable development”. So I congratulate you, and I think that expression has the force of law. I'm going to cross out the word “responsible” in my briefing document.
Mr. Brown, can you tell me how much money is allocated to oil and oil sands research, and what percentage of that amount is allocated to research and technological development? In other words, what is the overall budget and what percentage is allocated to oil sands and oil? That's my first question.
Perhaps Mr. Hamza could answer. After the answer, I'll ask you another related question.