I think the factual response to that is that to the very best of my knowledge, there is nothing in the legislation or in the Constitution that requires the Government of Canada to centrally plan the use of energy resources or any other resources in the country. I understand that some people feel the government should do that. It's not obvious to me that the federal government would have the authority to do that, even if one wished to do that as a matter of policy.
On October 19th, 2006. See this statement in context.