With all due respect to Mr. Gourde, this is not a matter of presuming that the development of the oil sands would be accelerated, since I have before me a quote from the Minister of Natural Resources, which I can table with the committee. He refers to extracting up to four and even five million barrels per day of oil from the oil sands.
One can discern on the part of the Minister of Natural Resources a desire to encourage this accelerated development. If that is not the case, he will have the opportunity of telling us when we hear him, but I don't think that you can claim that I am presuming anything, Mr. Gourde. There are enough indications and I have enough documents to allow me to state that there is an intent to accelerate development. As to the number of millions of barrels, we will be able to determine that with the help of all of the witnesses.