Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have a brief comment and a question.
As you know, we had the opportunity to attend at Fort McMurray. The operation there is mammoth, and I don't use that word lightly. It's mammoth. I dare say it's virtually unprecedented.
As a lay person, of course, my impression was that the operations are pretty invasive of the environment. The topography, however many metres down, is pretty invasive. I was struck by the thought that the efforts to reclaim the land are diligent, are noble, are purposeful, etc., but at the end of the day, aren't we really left wondering what the long-term effects or consequences on the environment will actually be? Is that what we're left with, that there's no realistic way to discern what the long-term impacts are going to be?