Thank you, Mr. Tonks.
We have crossed over several times, in the interests of the witness, the various roles of the witnesses and of the agencies of the government, and what your regulatory capacity is.
As you're well aware, Mr. Tonks, as the former chairman of the environment committee, there is CEPA. There are other acts in the environment department particularly that impose regulations and strict guidelines as to the operation of corporations and others. That just doesn't happen to be one of the roles of the National Energy Board.
But if you want to call some of those witnesses, again, I'd be very pleased to have them here so that we could have those questions answered--and the kinds of questions that Mr. Bevington was asking, too--because it is important to our overall theme here. It's just not always appropriate to the witnesses at hand.
Next we'll hear from Mr. Ouellet.