I would be happy to.
I participated in a National Energy Board day of consultation that took place in May or June in Montreal. Other such days were organized in other regions of the country. The purpose of the consultation was to present the preliminary scenario in the report to be published in 2007.
Every five years, I think, the Board presents a broader outlook than what it presented during the day of consultation this year, because we only heard about the economic part. Many of those in attendance, including representatives of Quebec's ministries of natural resources and wildlife, were surprised. The Board suggested three scenarios, none of which raised any questions about the issues I was just talking about. We can only conclude that the National Energy Board is not concerned about the possibility that we could be facing a rather perilous and risky situation.
The Board said that Mr. Simmons might be mistaken, but that they had to develop a scenario based on the possibility of relative scarcity anyway. I have received only the summary of the report, which puts a lot of emphasis on steadily increasing demand. According to the Pembina Institute and Ralph Torrie reports that I quoted earlier, we can cut our emissions in half by 2030 or within 15 years, respectively.