I like to categorize them as opportunities. There are enormous opportunities on the technology front. Canada is emerging as an energy superpower. We're one of the largest producers of oil; I think we are the fourth or fifth largest producer of oil in the world. There's natural gas, we have uranium, and we have nuclear here. We have some of the most extraordinary sites for renewable energy such as wind. So it's very important that as we emerge as an energy superpower, we emerge as a country that delivers clean energy. It's very, very important.
So I think those are exciting opportunities as we pursue these--the development of clean coal technology, the development of CO2 sequestration. These are exciting opportunities for our country. They could have enormous benefits on the global environment as we move forward, especially if we can deploy these technologies to other parts of the world that may not have them.
In conclusion, Mr. Chair, I would also like to invite the committee.... One area that I think could stand to have a lot of work done is regulatory reform. I know there has been work done, but I would be quite interested in seeing where the opportunities are in improving our regulatory approval process between federal departments, within the provinces. Where are the inefficiencies now and how can we get a stronger outcome that would in fact have better results for the environment as well? I would be quite interested to see if the committee ever had time to pursue something like that. I think that would be very useful for the government.
With that, I think time is short. I thank you for inviting me to the committee, and I always look forward to reappearing.