Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
I'd like to echo what was just said. That was a very comprehensive presentation, gentlemen, so thank you very much. It was comprehensive to the point of almost being overwhelming, frankly.
I'll begin with a few comments. I presume we can agree that the oil is not going anywhere. It's in the ground, and it's quite a chore to extract it from the ground, so it's not going anywhere. It's not as if, for some ecological purpose or reason, we need to get this stuff out of the ground within the next five years or lose the opportunity. In fact, the opportunity to extract it from the ground is with us for however many decades, I presume.
Is that fair to say?
I don't mean this disrespectfully, Mr. Masri. You've quite systematically explained the billions of dollars that will be yielded by various levels of government, with the federal government receiving arguably more than the Government of Alberta. I understand that. There would be $124 billion for Canada in the next 20 years. But I presume what's unspoken is that individuals and companies will be earning billions and billions of dollars as well over the next 20 years.
Fair?